Neil Watson wrote:
"MIG" wrote in message
oups.com...

I thought that someone else was allowed to use your PAYG Oyster when
you weren't using it (unlike a travelcard)? Although, how you could
have stopped using it (ie finished your bus journey) in those few
seconds would take a bit of explaining.

The reader flags up a repeat use attempt "passback" on the same journey
only. Otherwise all sorts of problems would ensue!


True, but on a bus you only touch the once, so there has to be some
assumption of duration.

Unlike with a travelcard, there wouldn't be much to be gained by
passback if both touches were charged.

There's the possibility of sharing the cap, but unless they've changed
the wording, you can already take your PAYG to the cap limit and then
give it to someone else to use for free for the rest of the day.