Thread: CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
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Old February 25th 12, 07:26 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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Default cards, was E-ZPass, was CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
On 24/02/2012 22:59, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:42:40 +0000, Graeme Wall
wrote:

On 24/02/2012 21:20, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

What credit card transaction requires a PIN? Those are strictly for
debit card transactions.

All UK transactions.

... other than on-line (or contactless?).

Not actually come across any contactless credit cards in the wild yet.
On-line you need a different PIN, aka a security code.

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