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Old January 3rd 12, 06:16 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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On Dec 29 2011, 12:22*pm, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 11:31:42 on Thu, 29
Dec 2011, Paul Terry remarked:

And how many airline passengers have Oyster cards?


Quite a few I would imagine, given the number of people living in
Greater London who have them and who might well be flying out of
Heathrow.


They don't need a free transfer, because their ticket will have been
valid to/from the appropriate terminal anyway[1]. So the travellers this
is aimed at will be landside transit ones, who typically aren't
Londoners [1](bis).


Disagree. Airport staff.


[1] Give or take edge cases like Londoners doing a transfer at Heathrow
without leaving the airport vicinity).