On Jan 22, 10:12*pm, David Jackman replytogroup wrote:

"John Salmon" wrote:

Arising out of this, I would caution railway enthusiasts using Oyster
PAYG whilst staying on the system ...

If you are doing anything remotely "odd" the advice would always be to get
a paper Travelcard. *It's now the same price as a capped Oystercard and
avoids so many problems

I'm a Londoner, and think Oyster is a fantastic system that I greatly
value - the ability to simply be able to head off without having to
worry about working out if one would be better off with a Day
Travelcard or not is great.

However I would agree that if people are planning on doing 'odd'
things, such as standing around on a station for a long time, or going
for a ride there and back without exiting the system at the far end,
or backtracking on oneself, or other variants thereof - in other words
things that rail enthusiasts are perhaps wont to do - then a paper Day
Travelcard would be wise, as it sidesteps any potential issues. Oyster
is designed for people making A to B journeys, i.e. getting from one
place to another, which is what the (public) transport system is
designed for too, after all!