London Pass currently on sale

LV, I dont know the answer to your question, but when we were considering the LP, we noted only one of the major sights that had a "Fast Track" entry (St Pauls). Most of the line skipping appears to be skipping the line to buy tickets, not a speedier entry to the place or to a faster security line. We didn't buy in the end.

What sights do you plan to see over the 3 days? The British Museum, National Gallery, Museum of London and British Library are free as are a number of other top sights.

A lot of the sights listed are what I would consider 3rd or 4th or even 5th visit sights. I've been to London a lot and just did Apsley House (Duke of Wellington's residence) for the first time last Fall. While it was interesting, it's not something I'd recommend for a 1st time visitor unless they had a huge passion for Wellington/Napoleon/Waterloo. I just bring that up to make sure you are keying in on what YOU find important!

Yes, the London Pass routinely goes on sale. I receive emails from them every couple of weeks announcing a new sale.

Bypass the lines is greatly overrated. This isn't Disneyland. Most of the lines are for security. I did notice a line at the Churchill War Rooms last time I was in London, but I assume that might have been driven by the Churchill and Dunkirk films.

I think pass-management would be quite difficult in London because of the number of major museums that are free (donation requested). Efficient use of a pass means packing the covered sights into the days of pass validity. Overall travel efficiency means grouping sights geographically. There's an obvious conflict there. I ended up taking three walking tours and attending four plays in London last year, so I was very glad I had not committed myself to any sort of sightseeing pass ahead of time.

There are 2-for-1 deals at some London attractions, linked to rail tickets. As a solo traveler I've never investigated those, but they might be helpful to you.

We got good use out of the pass but we were there 5 days and bought a 3 day and planned our sites into that. We saw sales of 10-20% regularly so we bought it a couple weeks ahead so there was plenty of time for it to be shipped. The sales seemed to pop up on my facebook feed once I looked at their website.

Before you buy a pass, do the maths and see if it makes sense for what you want to see. Many of the London sights have free entry.

These kind of passes are available in most European capital cities and I have never found one that makes financial sense for what I want to see, but your interests will be different from mine.

20% off of 114 GBP would be 91.20 GBP not 102.60 GBP. Perhaps you meant 10% off instead?

Bill, no clue. Just copied those numbers off the London Pass website. But you are right ... the math doesn't add up!

To answer other questions, we plan to be in London four days. Our must-see list includes Windsor Castle, HP Studio tour, Big Ben, Tower/crown jewels, London Eye, Westminster Abbey, and the British Museum. Given that the museum is free and HP isn't included in the pass, I'm leaning toward not getting one now. But it's good to know they go on sale frequently, should we change our minds about buying one.