How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

I have a Pre Pay Oyster, which I used yesterday for the first time.

How do I keep tracks of what the system thinks I'm using?

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

Every time you enter through a tube station gate, your balance is shown at
the bottom of the display.

--
Lawrence Myers


"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
...
I have a Pre Pay Oyster, which I used yesterday for the first time.

How do I keep tracks of what the system thinks I'm using?

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

"Lawrence Myers" typed


Every time you enter through a tube station gate, your balance is shown at
the bottom of the display.

Thanks :)

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

Lawrence Myers wrote:

Every time you enter through a tube station gate, your balance is shown at
the bottom of the display.


You can also touch your Oyster on a touchscreen ticket machine and get a
complete journey history.

--
Dave Arquati
Imperial College, SW7

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

You can also touch your Oyster on a touchscreen ticket machine and get a
complete journey history.


Just out of interesti wonder if "Staff" oysters tell them the same?

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:58:36 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote:

I have a Pre Pay Oyster, which I used yesterday for the first time.

How do I keep tracks of what the system thinks I'm using?

The website tells you your balance but not individual transactions.

For a detailed listing you walk up to the large ticket machines or the
q-cutter ones, touch your card on the pad, and a button appears on
screen "view card usage" and it lists them in reverse order.

Finally the ticket off staff can print the most detailed list off of
all on a sort of paper receipt but I'm not sure if they're supposed to
waste time printing those out for ordinary punters, probably will if
you ask nicely though.

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

"Roger the cabin boy (Lappy)" wrote in message
...
You can also touch your Oyster on a touchscreen ticket machine and get a
complete journey history.


Just out of interesti wonder if "Staff" oysters tell them the same?



Yes! Except it is only the last ten or so IIRC.

Colin

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

Dave Arquati typed


Lawrence Myers wrote:

Every time you enter through a tube station gate, your balance is shown at
the bottom of the display.


You can also touch your Oyster on a touchscreen ticket machine and get a
complete journey history.

Thanks everyone.

Why is this information not given anywhere? I have looked at the Oyster
website and been looking around stations I visited. I don't think it is
on any of the leaflets I hoard.

The leaflet in the Oyster wallet[1] is out of date and gives little Pre
Pay information. The insert I downloaded today (Nov 2003) is a bit more
recent, but still not sufficiently informative.

[1] Not included with my card as supplies had run out.

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How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
...


[1] Not included with my card as supplies had run out.

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You should be able to get Oyster wallets at any Underground station.

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

"Kevin Bean" typed


"Helen Deborah Vecht" wrote in message
...


[1] Not included with my card as supplies had run out.

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Helen D. Vecht:
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You should be able to get Oyster wallets at any Underground station.


I did. The enclosed leaflet was dated September 2003 and the information
appears out of date.

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How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

In message , "Roger the cabin
boy (Lappy)" writes
You can also touch your Oyster on a touchscreen ticket machine and get a
complete journey history.


Just out of interesti wonder if "Staff" oysters tell them the same?

Yes, they do but since we use them mostly to let people with damaged
magnetic tickets in and out, the info isn't very interesting.
--
Kat Me, Ambivalent? Well, yes and no.

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:59:45 -0000, Lawrence Myers wrote:

Every time you enter through a tube station gate, your balance is shown at
the bottom of the display.

Hmmmmmm, and on a bus? Stick your head under the gap maybe?

Steve

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

Steve Peake wrote:

Hmmmmmm, and on a bus? Stick your head under the gap maybe?


No, it appeared on the public-facing screen on my local bus (when it was
working).

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

Pat Duffy wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 18:58:36 GMT, Helen Deborah Vecht
wrote:

I have a Pre Pay Oyster, which I used yesterday for the first time.

How do I keep tracks of what the system thinks I'm using?

The website tells you your balance but not individual transactions.

For a detailed listing you walk up to the large ticket machines or the
q-cutter ones, touch your card on the pad, and a button appears on
screen "view card usage" and it lists them in reverse order.

Finally the ticket off staff can print the most detailed list off of
all on a sort of paper receipt but I'm not sure if they're supposed to
waste time printing those out for ordinary punters, probably will if
you ask nicely though.


If you ask a bus driver nicely they can print out your last 10 bus
journeys from thier ticket machine. You have to ask when you touch the
reader the first time though or you get a passback warning.

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:59:45 -0000, "Lawrence Myers"
wrote:

Every time you enter through a tube station gate, your balance is shown at
the bottom of the display.

Only on some gates, it seems.

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

In message , Richard
Jeeves writes

If you ask a bus driver nicely they can print out your last 10 bus
journeys from thier ticket machine. You have to ask when you touch the
reader the first time though or you get a passback warning.

Doesn't this negate the faster bus-boarding rate that is one of things
Oyster is supposed to provide for the public in general?

--
Paul Terry

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

"Paul Terry" wrote in message
...

In message , Richard
Jeeves writes

If you ask a bus driver nicely they can print out your last 10 bus
journeys from thier ticket machine. You have to ask when you touch the
reader the first time though or you get a passback warning.

Doesn't this negate the faster bus-boarding rate that is one of things
Oyster is supposed to provide for the public in general?

Well presumably the driver will suggest you move along inside if the bus is
busy.

Dave.

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:59:45 -0000, "Lawrence Myers"
wrote:

Every time you enter through a tube station gate, your balance is shown at
the bottom of the display.

That's only on the "new" slim gates isn't it, there's the oneline
displays next to the pad on the exit side of the old style gates but
I've never seen those say anything other than "##############" or
similar.

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

Pat Duffy wrote the following in:


On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 19:59:45 -0000, "Lawrence Myers"
wrote:

Every time you enter through a tube station gate, your balance is
shown at the bottom of the display.

That's only on the "new" slim gates isn't it, there's the oneline
displays next to the pad on the exit side of the old style gates
but I've never seen those say anything other than "##############"
or similar.

The new style gates at Canning Town don't seem to show the balance.
Odd.

--
message by Robin May, succeeding at failure.
Enjoy the Routemaster while you still can.

Crime is confusing.

How Do I Check My Oyster Pre Pay Balance?
 

Helen Deborah Vecht typed


I have a Pre Pay Oyster, which I used yesterday for the first time.

How do I keep tracks of what the system thinks I'm using?

I posted the same query to the Oyster helpdesk on Tuesday 13 January. I
have only just (18.40 Mon 19 Jan) received a reply (with an apology for
the delay). Hmmm...

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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.