On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 20:44:16 +0000, Simon Hewison
wrote:

One daft thing that you can't do (but I'm sure you used to be able to
do) was use the credit on an oyster card at a tube ticket machine to buy
a paper one day travelcard.

Surely this is to minimise fraud in the event of an Oyster card being
lost?

Otherwise, if someone found/stole a card, the value coould be emptied
into paper tickets to be sold on - a tout's dream!

Using the ticket to make even a short journey takes longer than
purchasing a travelcard.

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Cheers,

Jason.