Thread: CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
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Old March 2nd 12, 06:35 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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Default card numbers, was cards, was E-ZPass, was CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
They have gift cards, but only mag stripe, and neither visibly numbered
nor containing a chip-and-pin. The latter is going to raise the bar, for
gift cards masquerading as credit/debit cards, in the UK.

Perhaps you would enjoy a Travelex Cash Passport, a chip+pin
reloadable prepaid card. They're denominated in EUR or GBP but sold
only in the U.S. The advertising emphasizes the acceptance problems
that non-chip cards can have in Europe.

The card is "free" but the only way to load money into it is
to exchange USD at a dreadful exchange rate.

http://www.travelex.com/US/Products/Cash-Passport/

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John
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