On May 20, 7:45*pm, trainmanUK wrote:
Had an ATOC brief today. *If you have a travelcard loaded on you
oyster and some PAYG credit and wish to travel outside your Zones you
MUST touch in at the start of the journey. *If found outside the area
of validity for you travelcard and you have not touched in you will be
charged a penalty fare.

You always had to touch-in if travelling beyond the zones covered by
your Travelcard to somewhere else in PAYG-land, so there's no change
there - the only thing that's changed is that you're no longer
required to obtain an OEP before starting such a journey (though loads
of people never bothered with that anyway).

In fact, going by a strict reading of the rules (TfL Conditions of
Carriage and Oyster conditions of use on NR services), one should
always touch-in and touch-out regardless, even if one is using a
Travelcard on Oyster for a journey wholly within the zones covered by
that Travelcard.