Oyster Auto Top Up at Gatwick Airport
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 04:39:19PM +0100, tim... wrote:
wrote in message ... I was at Gatwick Aiport on Monday 23rd July and went to use my Oyster to take the train home. I have a Zone 1-3 annual travelcard on it, plus auto top up enabled. My balance on auto top up is ??13.55. When I touched my Oyster on the reader, it wouldn't let me through and said "please top up". I tried a number of gates and still got this message, so I ended up having to use a contactless debit card. Does anyone know why this would have happened? Do you need more than ??13 on the card to get through the gate at Gatwick? https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/rail-tra...on-this-page-3 "Travelling to London from Gatwick Airport" seems that peak time, the answer is yes Given that you've got auto-topup enabled surely it should Just Work and do an auto-topup if you've not got enough on the card! -- David Cantrell | Minister for Arbitrary Justice comparative and superlative explained: Huhn worse, worser, worsest, worsted, wasted |
Oyster Auto Top Up at Gatwick Airport
On 27/07/2018 17:28, David Cantrell wrote:
On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 04:39:19PM +0100, tim... wrote: wrote in message ... I was at Gatwick Aiport on Monday 23rd July and went to use my Oyster to take the train home. I have a Zone 1-3 annual travelcard on it, plus auto top up enabled. My balance on auto top up is ??13.55. When I touched my Oyster on the reader, it wouldn't let me through and said "please top up". I tried a number of gates and still got this message, so I ended up having to use a contactless debit card. Does anyone know why this would have happened? Do you need more than ??13 on the card to get through the gate at Gatwick? https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/rail-tra...on-this-page-3 "Travelling to London from Gatwick Airport" seems that peak time, the answer is yes Given that you've got auto-topup enabled surely it should Just Work and do an auto-topup if you've not got enough on the card! When I had an Oyster with auto top-up it acted only when the balance was below £10. -- Robin reply-to address is (intended to be) valid |
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