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In message ial2vc9djib3ciqrs1dlot7or7c2o8gnkc@None, at 21:27:54 on
Wed, 25 Oct 2017, Arthur Conan Doyle remarked: FWIW, my US issued cards work fine as Oyster cards. I can use my US issued Visa card to top up my Oyster card at an Oyster terminal in the station, and I can enter it as a payment card on my Oyster account web page, but when I attempt to actually top up my Oyster card, the transaction fails. It also failed last week when I attempted to use the same card through Android Pay on my phone. Interestingly enough, when I tried my Amex card, I actually got an alert from AMex stating that they had processed the transaction, but it never actually completed on the Oyster end and failed the same way. Do any of those combinations work on the *gates* as an Oyster substitute? -- Roland Perry |
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Wed, 25 Oct 2017, Richard remarked: As a much travelled businessman (in general terms) I can assure you that the lack of a paper receipt/ticket to attach to my expenses claim is a huge disadvantage. Like Neil, mine are on-line. How do you get the dozens of transport operators you only use once a year to push the receipts to this online system? And no, I'm not going to set up accounts with Obscuristan bus company ahead of travelling to facilitate it. That's a good point, but I might not bother for small amounts, and equally my company might not need evidence in these cases, I haven't checked. Big companies are different because they can negotiate what's called a "dispensation" with HMR&C to pay up to certain[1] daily amounts in travel and subsistence, and are allowed to self-police the receipting process (where it helps if they have an internal published scale). This doesn't apply to smaller companies and particularly not the self- employed. Anything major is paid by the company, using a corporate booking tool that finds hotels at prices more than I could get, but oddly finds cheap flights. That's not especially odd, and sounds like a legacy hotel booking system which are legendarily captured by rack-rate deals with specific chains - partly justified by saving time having to research and negotiate each night's stay individually. Tacking on airline flights suffers (from the tool's point of view) from the greater transparency of third party price comparison sites, so people can see if the fares are as outrageous as the hotel rooms often are, plus the (literally) ticket-price can be up an order of magnitude higher, so the buyers are more alert to possible savings. Richard. [1] There's big table sorted by country, and sometimes with extra entries for capital cities etc where it's accepted that prices are higher), -- Roland Perry |
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Roland Perry wrote:
Do any of those combinations work on the *gates* as an Oyster substitute? Unfortunately they aren't RFID cards, so no. |
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In message nfl3vc5hnh6iu8it9bm10horjpqj2s1u90@None, at 06:33:13 on
Thu, 26 Oct 2017, Arthur Conan Doyle remarked: Do any of those combinations work on the *gates* as an Oyster substitute? Unfortunately they aren't RFID cards, so no. That confirms one of my suspicions - not as many foreign issued contactless bank cards as people assume. But surely the Android-Pay *emulates* a contactless card. -- Roland Perry |
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On 26.10.2017 6:27 AM, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
John Levine wrote: FWIW, my US issued cards work fine as Oyster cards. I can use my US issued Visa card to top up my Oyster card at an Oyster terminal in the station, and I can enter it as a payment card on my Oyster account web page, but when I attempt to actually top up my Oyster card, the transaction fails. It also failed last week when I attempted to use the same card through Android Pay on my phone. Interestingly enough, when I tried my Amex card, I actually got an alert from AMex stating that they had processed the transaction, but it never actually completed on the Oyster end and failed the same way. I use my Amex for contactless on TfL whenever I'm in London. Works fine. They sent an alert to say they processed the transaction? That's unusual. I occasionally get an alert to say they didn't process a transaction, but if I reply to confirm it was indeed intended you can retry. In fact, since it happened to me only last week I can paste the exact messages: "Amex Fraud Alert: Did you just attempt a charge for 25.88 USD on Card ending XXXXX at YYYYYYYYYYYYYY? Reply 1 if Yes, 2 to speak to Amex'" "Thank you. Please re-attempt the charge now. The security concern is now resolved and your Card is available for use." If they alerted me every time they processed a transaction that would be jolly irritating.... |
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Roland Perry wrote:
But surely the Android-Pay *emulates* a contactless card. Yes - and that's why I had hopes that the gates would recognize it. In fact, I had no problems using Android Pay at any number of London retail locations. |
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Clank wrote:
If they alerted me every time they processed a transaction that would be jolly irritating.... This wasn't a fraud alert - I had my account set to alert on international transactions. Unfortunately, my Amex isn't an RFID card. |
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On Thursday, 26 October 2017 19:27:32 UTC+1, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
Clank wrote: If they alerted me every time they processed a transaction that would be jolly irritating.... This wasn't a fraud alert - I had my account set to alert on international transactions. Unfortunately, my Amex isn't an RFID card. Another mystery solved. |
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23:00:26 on Thu, 26 Oct 2017, Offramp remarked: On Thursday, 26 October 2017 19:27:32 UTC+1, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote: Clank wrote: If they alerted me every time they processed a transaction that would be jolly irritating.... This wasn't a fraud alert - I had my account set to alert on international transactions. Unfortunately, my Amex isn't an RFID card. Another mystery solved. No ****, Sherlock -- Roland Perry |
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On 2017-10-26 17:00:25 +0000, Clank said:
If they alerted me every time they processed a transaction that would be jolly irritating.... Some of the new-breed mobile-only banks like Monzo do. I don't find it that annoying, it's just a buzz in your pocket from the app notification each time you spend. You don't have to delete it or anything, just ignore it. Neil -- Neil Williams Put my first name before the @ to reply. |
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