On 18/08/10 12:44, Recliner wrote:
"Roy wrote in message
news:WDNao.55762$GW1.50913@hurricane

Oh, it's much worse than that, because there's _real_ registration,
which involves handing in a paper form to a ticket office, and there's
the online thing which results in a card which isn't technically
registered, but has some (but not all) of the properties of a
registered Oyster card...

Ah, I wasn't aware of that latter distinction. Is it just a quirk of
history or is there some reason for it? And what can't an on-line
registered card do?

I've no idea why, but it probably is a quirk of history.

As for differences - I'm pretty sure that real (paper) registration is
needed in order to allow you to load a monthly or annual Travelcard onto
your Oyster.

-roy