On Fri, 7 Oct 2005 23:30:20 +0100, Phil Richards
wrote:

At least you know about the options.

I do, and I would not be averse to having an Oyster if it made sense.
I rarely use buses in Milton Keynes, but I do have an MK Metro Saver
card lying around for the few occasions when it does come in handy,
and it did cost me a fiver (though at the time I was using buses
daily).

That isn't even as convenient as Oyster as sadly the only thing you
can load onto it is a weekly or monthly pass, as it's quite an old
technology. If you could put a tenner of "pre-pay" onto it I'd
definitely do so to avoid having to fuss with change, even if the
fares weren't lower.

Now - will people accept I'm not anti-Oyster?

The ones that get caught out will be
the infrequent users, tourists etc. who fail to find out and, worse still,
won't be advised by ticket sellers at stations they have a cheaper option
when they fork out 3 quid for a cash single. That's what TfL/LUL need to
concentrate on next.

Absolutely. I would suggest they needed to do that *before* the
punitive fares were proposed. That said, they have 3 months or so to
get their act together...

Neil

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