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Old October 28th 15, 02:08 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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Default Dormant Oyster funds - fuss about nothing?

In message , at 12:14:57 on Sat, 3 Oct
2015, Roland Perry remarked:

I've been using an "Orange Cash" prepay card but I got an email
yesterday saying that EE are bailing out and I'm going to be
transferred to a different issuer.

Optimum by Prepay Technologies

It's not clear if the replacement is also contactless, so I've
queried this by email.


12 days later they've got back to me with a one sentence reply of "yes
it will be contactless".

It now occurs to me that I asked the wrong question, and should have
been enquiring about whether such a card, if contactless, was accepted
by TfL.

I'll continue trying to pull these particular teeth.


So I asked the question, and six weeks later... no response.

The Optimum card itself arrived yesterday (2nd October) so only a day
later than the Orange Cash card went to meet its maker. The good news
is they did transfer the balance across, and it's contactless.

I suppose I'll have to try it out next time I'm in London to see if TfL
accept it.


They do.
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Roland Perry