On 30 Oct, 15:02, "Stephen Osborn"
wrote:
I have an Oyster PAYG and have friends staying with me for the weekend.
They live way out of London and so it does not make sense for them to get
Oyster cards. *When we travel on the bus together can I use my Oyster card
to pay for them as well?

No.

"6.7.2. How to pay as you go – General. Only one person at a time can
travel using the credit on an
Oyster card to pay as they go.

Unless it has a valid season ticket on it, you can transfer your
Oyster card to another person for them
to pay as they go. If you have a season ticket on your Oyster card,
you cannot transfer it to anyone
else to pay as they go. If the Oyster card is registered, it will
remain in your name and you will still be
responsible for the Oyster card and any use made of it. We will not
accept responsibility for any
losses arising out of the transfer and use of the Oyster card.

If you have an Oyster photocard or Oyster card with a valid discount
concession on it, you cannot
transfer it to anyone else to pay as they go. "

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...ember-2008.pdf

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