On 22/11/2013 06:54, Neil Williams wrote:

On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:51:38 +0000, Mizter T wrote:
The reason why I said that is because contactless cards are still
somewhat new on the scene, and there are still many with a
(standard) UK bank account who don't have them yet. If the 'close the
Tube ticket offices' plan is predicated on widespread CPC usage, then
holding a CPC also needs to be widespread. That said, the picture
will inevitably change over the next year and a half.

Cards typically have a 3 year expiry, so I would expect after 3 years
near enough all cards to be so equipped.

I'm not sure all banks are issuing them, and even if they do they won't
necessarily issue them to every category of customer.