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Old September 17th 14, 09:06 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Mizter T Mizter T is offline
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Default Contactless on the tube and rail

On 17/09/2014 21:58, wrote:
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I don't get this. A contactless card will be linked to an account in the
TfL back office. So if a cardholder shows contactless card and railcard
to staff member why shouldn't they record the discount on the account
just as they do now sort of?

Two answers...

(1) It gives you something to remain annoyed about.

Not that silly! Not handling railcards limits the ability of contactless to
replace Oyster.

(2) Using what (PCI DSS compliant) mechanism?

Huh? How does the suggestion I made differ from the current process which
records the entitlement on the Oyster card instead of in the back office?

The current process doesn't involve dealing with payment cards, entering
payment card information into a system and transmitting it securely to a
database. Once you start dealing with payment cards it's a whole
different scenario.

Plus, obvious point but the current process is designed around the
existing Oyster card system - you couldn't just graft on CPCs to it.
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