"Boltar" wrote in message
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"SJCWHUK" wrote in message
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John & Annabel's Query...............

John

Oyster cards with travelcards loaded are set to allow one exit outside
the
zones which would create a negative balance in the pre-pay slot. The
journey
you quoted via Stratford does seem to be the reason.

FYI. If you travel from a station where your travelcard isn't valid or
you
are using prepay, when you touch-in it will deduct the minimum fare for
that
zone (£1.10 or £1.60). If you fail to touch-out at your destination it
will
hold the fare at the minimum but after 2 hours will fix the fare at the
minimum and not create an unresolved journey.

What a load of fuss and bother. WHy the hell didn't LUL implement a
system
whereby you could put a fixed number of DAILY travelcards on your
oyster
so if someone travels somewhere on one day then the next date that
they use
their card one daily card is deducted. Simple and neat.


1. I'm quite happy paying single fares with Oyster. I don't want to be
charged £x per day, I am happy being charged per journey as it is.
2. These daily cards you talk about putting on in advance - what if I need
a 1-6 one day and 1-4 another? How would this be dealt with?
3. When you look at all the combinations and that people will want to pay
the minimum fare every time, it starts getting complex and with the Evening
Standard out there, it has to be right first time. Hence the capping, etc.
hasn't come in yet