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Old November 15th 12, 03:27 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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On 15/11/2012 14:34, David Cantrell wrote:

On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 04:15:28PM +0000, Lewis wrote:

I'm not too sure if this is the right place to post this but I was
wondering if anyone could help me. What is the maximum amount of times
you can use your oyster card in a set period of time? I have just
produce a list of things that I need to do on Monday and it will require
9 different uses of my oyster card in a two hour period. Will my oyster
card work for all thee journies? I heard that there is a cap of the
amount of journeys that can be made in a period of time


I expect that you're getting confused with the fare cap. If you use
your PAYG Oyster card enough in a day that it would have been cheaper to
get a one day travelcard*, then you will only be charged for a one day
travelcard.


PAYG caps are the same price as the equivalent Day Travelcards, so
getting a Day Travelcard would be no cheaper.

(Next year, Day Travelcards are going up in price but the PAYG caps are
being frozen at 2012 levels, so it'll be cheaper to use Oyster PAYG.)

Re the original question, I've used an Oyster card more than 9 times (in
terms of validations) in a two hour period no problem. I've never come
across the suggestion of any such limit before reading the OP's post
either - I'm 99.9% certain no such limit exists.