In message , at 20:42:02 on Wed, 14 Jan
2015, MikeS remarked:
The FAQ below has an aura of Solo/Electron about it.

Does anyone here have experience of using the Orange Prepay Card (with
contactless technology) on TfL?

Look on the front of the card. If it has the contactless indicator
(http://www.emvco.com/best_practices.aspx?id=117) it should work. If not it
will definitely not work.

It's got the symbol, but TfL have been a bit equivocal in the past about
exactly which cards will work (eg foreign and prepaid ones).

For example, currently they say:

"Most contactless payment cards issued outside the UK can be used to buy
tickets or top up an Oyster card at touchscreen ticket machines at Tube,
DLR and London Overground stations, at ticket offices, and Travel
Information Centres, even if they can't be used for contactless travel."

So there's a set of "all minus most" which won't work even at ticket
machines, and a vague subset of those which won't work a barrier "even
if".

and:

"The majority of cards that aren't accepted are issued in the USA,
Canada and the Netherlands. There are also a few other cards that may
not be accepted. If your card is rejected on our services, please
contact your card issuer."

And the coup-de-grace:

"If you have a prepaid card (issued in the UK or outside the UK), it may
be accepted for travel on our services."

"May" !!! And no clue as to how to tell in advance.

Hence my question.
--
Roland Perry