In message , at 12:59:39 on
Mon, 18 Jun 2012, Recliner remarked:
But this travel isn't the normal "always touch in" kind of Oyster, it's
one of those rare "Oyster PAYG electronic money paying for a third-ish
party service".

In what sense is it a third-party service? Emirates are sponsoring
the branding, but are they at all involved in running it?

Apparently it has ticket machines called "Boarding Pass machines", and
isn't within either the classic Travelcard ambit nor Oyster capping.
Hence it's "ish" a third party (a bit like the London Transport museum
was when they used to accept Oyster money for entrance).
--
Roland Perry