On 26.10.2017 6:27 AM, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
John Levine wrote:

FWIW, my US issued cards work fine as Oyster cards.

I can use my US issued Visa card to top up my Oyster card at an Oyster terminal
in the station, and I can enter it as a payment card on my Oyster account web
page, but when I attempt to actually top up my Oyster card, the transaction
fails. It also failed last week when I attempted to use the same card through
Android Pay on my phone.

Interestingly enough, when I tried my Amex card, I actually got an alert from
AMex stating that they had processed the transaction, but it never actually
completed on the Oyster end and failed the same way.

I use my Amex for contactless on TfL whenever I'm in London. Works fine.

They sent an alert to say they processed the transaction? That's unusual.
I occasionally get an alert to say they didn't process a transaction, but
if I reply to confirm it was indeed intended you can retry. In fact, since
it happened to me only last week I can paste the exact messages:

"Amex Fraud Alert: Did you just attempt a charge for 25.88 USD on Card
ending XXXXX at YYYYYYYYYYYYYY? Reply 1 if Yes, 2 to speak to Amex'"

"Thank you. Please re-attempt the charge now. The security concern is now
resolved and your Card is available for use."


If they alerted me every time they processed a transaction that would be
jolly irritating....