"Andrew Heenan" wrote in message
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"Stephen Osborn" wrote:
Also it is rather daft that an Oyster can only have auto top-up enabled
when
it used for a journey and not at a Tube ticket office.

Auto means auto. I don't see the problem.
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The key word is 'enabled'. I have an Oyster that used to have a Travelcard
on it but now has PAYG. I would like to have auto top-up but to *enable*
auto top-up I have to use it for a journey at a Tube station, indeed at a
specified Tube station.

But to get to a Tube station, as I live in SE London, I would have to take
an Overground train and so I would normally buy a one day Travelcard at the
train station. To use my Oyster at the Tube station I would either need to
buy a train return ticket instead or use my Oyster PAYG when I had a valid
Travelcard. Either of those would mean I was paying extra for the privilege
of switching on auto top-up.

It does not seem unreasonable to want to go up to a Tube ticket office and
ask for auto top-up to be switched on. In a well designed system that would
be possible at *any* Tube ticket office - so I would be able to just pick
one that does not have a queue when I am passing through.

Alternatively why cannot auto top-up be switched on at an Oyster retailer?
For that I would accept having to specify the retailer as there are loads of
these - there is one c. five minutes walk from my home.

regards

Stephen


Andrew