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Contactless payment on London buses
aaroncaz
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Can't seem to find the answer, can I pay for myself and 16 year old son? 2 separate payments, would that work?Don't have a Oyster card unfortunately.
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Can't seem to find the answer, can I pay for myself and 16 year old son? 2 separate payments, would that work?Don't have a Oyster card unfortunately.
Assuming you don't live in a London Borough (if you did your son could apply for 16+ Zip Oyster)...
- A 16 year old pays full fare
- You need one contactless card per person
(i.e. in your case 2 contactless cards. Could be either debit or credit cards)
Make sure you use the same 2 cards for all journeys - then the daily cap of £4.40 will automatically kick in.
Strictly speaking, your son shouldn't really use one of your contactless cards - but I very much doubt anyone would challenge you or him.
Last time I tried, the very few old Heritage Routemasters where you pay the conductor didn't accept contactless cards, but all the others do. Including Boris's new Routemasters.0 -
Assuming you don't live in a London Borough (if you did your son could apply for 16+ Zip Oyster)...
- A 16 year old pays full fare
- You need one contactless card per person
(i.e. in your case 2 contactless cards. Could be either debit or credit cards)
Make sure you use the same 2 cards for all journeys - then the daily cap of £4.40 will automatically kick in.
Strictly speaking, your son shouldn't really use one of your contactless cards - but I very much doubt anyone would challenge you or him.
Last time I tried, the very few old Heritage Routemasters where you pay the conductor didn't accept contactless cards, but all the others do. Including Boris's new Routemasters.
Thanks for that, think I will just buy 2 day ticket for £5 each, seems easier:o0 -
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Have just spent 3 days in london, had never used the buses before.
we had a contacless debit card each used them on both buses and underground, got capped at £7.60 each day, couldnt be simpler
scanned in and out on the underground and in on the buses0
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