Re. requirement to 'renew' Oyster 60+ card?

katejo

According to the Oystercard website, anyone who first got their 60+ card in 2019 or later is required to pay an annual £10 fee to renew and provide fresh proof of a current London address (eg. council tax bill).  TfL is charging 60+ Oyster card holders £10 a year to prove they still live in London - MyLondon    I got mine in March last year but the expiry date on it isn't until March 2030. A friend of mind has her 1 year anniversary of getting the card next week but hasn't yet received any email to tell her that she needs to renew it. How much notice of this have other people had?

elsien

It’s not a new system, it’s been in place since 2020. Were you not given information about it when you got the card?

bouicca21

TfL will use whatever contact details have been given, so make sure they are up to date.

katejo

elsien said:

It’s not a new system, it’s been in place since 2020. Were you not given information about it when you got the card?

I know it isn't new. I have heard about it before but the friend who has her 61st a week from now hasn't yet received any warning about renewing. I am waiting to hear from her. However, I wondered whether it had changed since 2020 because my card has an expiry date in 2030.

I now have an update on this. My friend has been told by TFL that she will get a renewal email on Feb 1st and will have 6 weeks to pay the £10 and prove she is still living in the London Borough.

Cloth_of_Gold

katejo said:

elsien said:

It’s not a new system, it’s been in place since 2020. Were you not given information about it when you got the card?

I know it isn't new. I have heard about it before but the friend who has her 61st a week from now hasn't yet received any warning about renewing. I am waiting to hear from her. However, I wondered whether it had changed since 2020 because my card has an expiry date in 2030.

I now have an update on this. My friend has been told by TFL that she will get a renewal email on Feb 1st and will have 6 weeks to pay the £10 and prove she is still living in the London Borough.

Even the though card doesn't expire for several years you still have to prove your entitlement on a yearly basis. If you didn't, or couldn't, they can 'turn off' the card remotely so that it wouldn't work on the touch pads at stations and on buses, regardless of the expiry date.

soolin

I have just had my reminder to renew , it only comes to my email address,I get nothing else. 

katejo

soolin said:

I have just had my reminder to renew , it only comes to my email address,I get nothing else. 

Thanks. I am not expecting to get it until early March but will keep an eye out for it.

On a slightly different topic: Sadiq Khan is talking about giving Londoners off peak travel for the whole of Fridays for a trial period. I wonder whether Oyster 60+ card holders will be allowed to use the pass during the morning peak period during that time?

soolin

katejo said:

soolin said:

I have just had my reminder to renew , it only comes to my email address,I get nothing else. 

Thanks. I am not expecting to get it until early March but will keep an eye out for it.

On a slightly different topic: Sadiq Khan is talking about giving Londoners off peak travel for the whole of Fridays for a trial period. I wonder whether Oyster 60+ card holders will be allowed to use the pass during the morning peak period during that time?

The article I read specifically said that oyster 60+ holders were included. I just wish they would give us back the entitlement we used to have for travel at any time on TFL , we often go on day trips and need to get to a London terminal early and of course currently, unless we go at the weekend (and Fridays from March) we have to pay full fare, 

katejo

soolin said:

katejo said:

soolin said:

I have just had my reminder to renew , it only comes to my email address,I get nothing else. 

Thanks. I am not expecting to get it until early March but will keep an eye out for it.

On a slightly different topic: Sadiq Khan is talking about giving Londoners off peak travel for the whole of Fridays for a trial period. I wonder whether Oyster 60+ card holders will be allowed to use the pass during the morning peak period during that time?

The article I read specifically said that oyster 60+ holders were included. I just wish they would give us back the entitlement we used to have for travel at any time on TFL , we often go on day trips and need to get to a London terminal early and of course currently, unless we go at the weekend (and Fridays from March) we have to pay full fare, 

I have never had that full access. I wasn't yet 60 when it was withdrawn. Isn't the Friday thing just a temporary trial? Friday is the only day when I have to travel into work during the morning peak period.

soolin

katejo said:

soolin said:

katejo said:

soolin said:

I have just had my reminder to renew , it only comes to my email address,I get nothing else. 

Thanks. I am not expecting to get it until early March but will keep an eye out for it.

On a slightly different topic: Sadiq Khan is talking about giving Londoners off peak travel for the whole of Fridays for a trial period. I wonder whether Oyster 60+ card holders will be allowed to use the pass during the morning peak period during that time?

The article I read specifically said that oyster 60+ holders were included. I just wish they would give us back the entitlement we used to have for travel at any time on TFL , we often go on day trips and need to get to a London terminal early and of course currently, unless we go at the weekend (and Fridays from March) we have to pay full fare, 

I have never had that full access. I wasn't yet 60 when it was withdrawn. Isn't the Friday thing just a temporary trial? Friday is the only day when I have to travel into work during the morning peak period.

I had the full access just for a few months, it was withdrawn when the pandemic started and never reinstated. The statement I’ve read about the Friday access suggests it starts March for a 3 month trial , which does of course cover the period of the mayoral election and as it’s a trial it can be simply removed once the election is over. Not that I’m a cynic or anything. 

martindow

The cheap Friday travel is not very definite at the moment as rail companies also need to agree as travel within London is not exclusively on TfL services, so will be well into the future and may not happen at all.

You already get a better deal than the rest of the country as your card allows free tube as well as bus travel.  It would be good if my national bus pass was valid on local rail services and the tube when I come to London ...