On 13 July, 09:17, Mizter T wrote:
On Jul 13, 4:09*am, "

wrote:
Would it be possible just to add 2.40 or what ever the fare to my
oyster card?

Yes - though London Underground now impose a GBP5 minimum top-up when
using their ticket offices (i.e. the ticket windows), so you'd
probably have to top it up at a self-service ticket machine at
Heathrow tube station and you'd need to have the correct amount of
British coinage to do so, as they won't give change when topping up an
Oyster card with cash - note that some Tube ticket machines only take
cards, so make sure you don't join a queue for one of them!

Not knowing the minimum, I went to a counter to top up £3 and was told
it was a minimum of £5. I said "so I have to use the machine then?"
and then she topped up £3 anyway.

If you are down to your last fiver and need to put on £3 so that you
can get to work and need £2 to buy a sandwich at lunchtime, it's not
very user-friendly to have to top up £5 at the counter or use a
machine that won't give change.

Yes, I know: get used to diverting to a friendly shop so that LU can
close down their ticketing facilities.

On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:08:44 -0700 (PDT)
MIG wrote:
On 13 July, 09:17, Mizter T wrote:
On Jul 13, 4:09=A0am, "

wrote:
Would it be possible just to add 2.40 or what ever the fare to my
oyster card?

Yes - though London Underground now impose a GBP5 minimum top-up when
using their ticket offices (i.e. the ticket windows), so you'd
probably have to top it up at a self-service ticket machine at
Heathrow tube station and you'd need to have the correct amount of
British coinage to do so, as they won't give change when topping up an
Oyster card with cash - note that some Tube ticket machines only take
cards, so make sure you don't join a queue for one of them!

Not knowing the minimum, I went to a counter to top up =A33 and was told
it was a minimum of =A35. I said "so I have to use the machine then?"
and then she topped up =A33 anyway.

They're probably getting ready for when there are no possible journies you
can buy that are less than a fiver. If Boris has anything to do with it
that'll probably be next year.

Yes, I know: get used to diverting to a friendly shop so that LU can
close down their ticketing facilities.

If my station is anything to go by its so the staff can hang around and
chat. Virtually every morning there are 3 staff at the barrier doing nothing
and 1 in the ticket office with the obligatory queue.

B2003

On Jul 13, 10:08*am, MIG wrote:

On 13 July, 09:17, Mizter T wrote:

On Jul 13, 4:09*am, "
wrote:
Would it be possible just to add 2.40 or what ever the fare to my
oyster card?

Yes - though London Underground now impose a GBP5 minimum top-up when
using their ticket offices (i.e. the ticket windows), so you'd
probably have to top it up at a self-service ticket machine at
Heathrow tube station and you'd need to have the correct amount of
British coinage to do so, as they won't give change when topping up an
Oyster card with cash - note that some Tube ticket machines only take
cards, so make sure you don't join a queue for one of them!

Not knowing the minimum, I went to a counter to top up £3 and was told
it was a minimum of £5. *I said "so I have to use the machine then?"
and then she topped up £3 anyway.

If you are down to your last fiver and need to put on £3 so that you
can get to work and need £2 to buy a sandwich at lunchtime, it's not
very user-friendly to have to top up £5 at the counter or use a
machine that won't give change.

I don't think it's necessarily an absolute hard and fast rule - a
friend did much the same as you did recently.


Yes, I know: get used to diverting to a friendly shop so that LU can
close down their ticketing facilities.

"Mizter T" wrote in message
...

I don't think it's necessarily an absolute hard and fast rule - a
friend did much the same as you did recently.

I'm sure I read (here?) that they don't apply the limit to children topping
up at ticket office windows.

Paul S

On 13 July, 10:53, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
"Mizter T" wrote in message

...

I don't think it's necessarily an absolute hard and fast rule - a
friend did much the same as you did recently.

I'm sure I read (here?) that they don't apply the limit to children topping
up at ticket office windows.

Paul S

I'll take that as a compliment from the lady concerned.

On Jul 13, 11:41*am, MIG wrote:

On 13 July, 10:53, "Paul Scott"
wrote:

"Mizter T" wrote:
I don't think it's necessarily an absolute hard and fast rule - a
friend did much the same as you did recently.

I'm sure I read (here?) that they don't apply the limit to children topping
up at ticket office windows.

I'll take that as a compliment from the lady concerned.

Ha ha, very good!