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Whilst in London last week I wanted to put 20UKP onto my card to take it
over the 100UKP mark, but every machine that I came across would only
allow me to put on 5UKP to 89UKP. Is there an upper limit that keeps
you below 100 UKP?. Thanks in advance.
--
Clive

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On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:35:28 +0100, Clive
wrote:

Whilst in London last week I wanted to put 20UKP onto my card to take it
over the 100UKP mark, but every machine that I came across would only
allow me to put on 5UKP to 89UKP. Is there an upper limit that keeps
you below 100 UKP?. Thanks in advance.


Yes, the system has a soft limit of 90 GBP..


Rob.
--
rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk

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Clive wrote:
Whilst in London last week I wanted to put 20UKP onto my card to take it
over the 100UKP mark,

WTF are you crazy? £100 would take you 2 weeks to spend, minimum, its
a lot to store on a pice of crappy plastic.

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Paul Weaver wrote:
WTF are you crazy? £100 would take you 2 weeks to spend, minimum, its
a lot to store on a pice of crappy plastic.

You might be interested in setting up auto-topup. This will
automatically debit your bank account and credit your oyster card
whenever you pass through a TFL:LU reader and your balance is £10. If
you register now you can get £10 for free. I was going to do this but
you have to visit a reader within 7 days, and that is not practical for me.

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On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 23:35:28 +0100, Clive
wrote:

Whilst in London last week I wanted to put 20UKP onto my card to take it
over the 100UKP mark, but every machine that I came across would only
allow me to put on 5UKP to 89UKP. Is there an upper limit that keeps
you below 100 UKP?. Thanks in advance.


Yes. And, as you describe, the limit isn't £100. :-)

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On 25 Sep 2005 22:24:37 -0700, "Paul Weaver"
wrote:

Whilst in London last week I wanted to put 20UKP onto my card to take it
over the 100UKP mark,

WTF are you crazy? £100 would take you 2 weeks to spend, minimum, its
a lot to store on a pice of crappy plastic.

Plenty of paper tickets are worth more.

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In message , Laurence Payne
writes
Whilst in London last week I wanted to put 20UKP onto my card to take it
over the 100UKP mark,

WTF are you crazy? £100 would take you 2 weeks to spend, minimum, its
a lot to store on a pice of crappy plastic.
The original idea was to pre load it to about 120UKP so that on a
fortnights holiday in the Capital finding change or queuing at any time
would not be necessary.
--
Clive

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In ,
Clive typed:

The original idea was to pre load it to about 120UKP so that on a
fortnights holiday in the Capital finding change or queuing at any
time would not be necessary.

2 x 7-day (Zone1-D) Travelcards will only cost you £118!!


£120 in a fortnight??!!??



--
Bob

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"Clive" wrote in message
...
In message , Laurence Payne
writes
Whilst in London last week I wanted to put 20UKP onto my card to take
it
over the 100UKP mark,

WTF are you crazy? £100 would take you 2 weeks to spend, minimum, its
a lot to store on a pice of crappy plastic.
The original idea was to pre load it to about 120UKP so that on a
fortnights holiday in the Capital finding change or queuing at any time
would not be necessary.
--
Clive

This sound like a lot! Depending on your plans, it may be possible to spend
much less than this. I'm sure people here would help with suggestions.

James

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On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:36:28 GMT, "Bob Wood"
wrote:

The original idea was to pre load it to about 120UKP so that on a
fortnights holiday in the Capital finding change or queuing at any
time would not be necessary.

2 x 7-day (Zone1-D) Travelcards will only cost you £118!!

On holiday, travel before 9.30 might not be required on many days.
Some days might be buses-only. So Prepay seems sensible.

But the solution is simple. Order Auto-top-up a few days before
leaving for London. Your first Underground journey will activate it.