Any problems with ditching Oystercard now?

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  • Altarf
    Altarf Posts: 2,916 Forumite
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    wealdroam wrote: »
    That means that the following information is unnecessary:

    The information was not unnecessary.

    If you have not used the card for a PIN transaction, you cannot use it for a contactless transaction, irrespective of whether TFL do end of day processing or not.
  • surreysaver
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    wealdroam wrote: »
    TfL transactions avoid that requirement by not processing the card transaction in real time, but at the end of the day... when it is physically impossible for the cardholder to enter a pin.

    That answers my question! Why don't they tell people this?
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  • wealdroam
    wealdroam Posts: 19,181 Forumite
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    surreysaver wrote: »
    Why don't they tell people this?
    I do not understand that.

    This TfL webpage tells us:
    When do we charge you?

    When you use a contactless payment card to travel, we take a single payment at the end of each day for all the journeys you made, so you're usually charged for your travel the day after you made your journeys.
  • Altarf
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    wealdroam wrote: »
    I do not understand that.

    This TfL webpage tells us:

    But they don't mention the PIN requirement.
  • wealdroam
    wealdroam Posts: 19,181 Forumite
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    Altarf wrote: »
    But they don't mention the PIN requirement.

    Don't they?

    Does the TfL page headed My card doesn't work address that?

    I can't think of anything else they need to say about PINs, can you?
  • Altarf
    Altarf Posts: 2,916 Forumite
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    wealdroam wrote: »
    Don't they?

    Not on the page you originally posted it didn't.

    Why would I go looking for a "My card doesn't work" page, when I want to know *how* to use my card.
  • katejo
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    Chomeur wrote: »
    Now that I can use a contactless credit card for travel in London it seems I might as well take my Oystercard back and reclaim the deposit on it. But before I do so I thought I might ask on here if anyone has had any problems with using a credit card on tfl. If my credit card doesn't work then I have to pay the cash fare which is a lot more, so I have to be confident in my credit card. So how's the credit card system working?

    I would keep it if I were you. I haven't tried using the contactless card on TFL because I have a gold card on my oystercard. However, if using pay as you go, I would still stick to the Oystercard. I keep my debit card in my purse, in a bag. I wouldn't want to keep taking it out as I approached the barriers. Also you could find that their system corrupted your card and then you couldn't travel without a backup card.
  • Altarf
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    katejo wrote: »
    Also you could find that their system corrupted your card and then you couldn't travel without a backup card.

    With Oyster, the terminals write to the card.

    With contactless, the terminals cannot write to the card, the terminal just registers the fact that the card has been presented.

    How will the card be corrupted?
  • silvercar
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    Back to the original question:
    Chomeur wrote: »
    Now that I can use a contactless credit card for travel in London it seems I might as well take my Oystercard back and reclaim the deposit on it. ...

    I spotted this on another forum:

    [keep your oyster card for] the riverboats, the Emirates Airline, or buses 15H, 402 and 477.
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  • alexanderalexander
    alexanderalexander Posts: 325 Forumite
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    I've ditched my Oyster card now and rely on contactless. It's worked so far. I do have a spare contactless card I can use if my main card fails.
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