I recently purchased an Oyster pre-pay card and was told that the £3
deosit was refundable. How do I go about getting the £3 refunded?

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I recently purchased an Oyster pre-pay card and was told that the £3
deosit was refundable. How do I go about getting the £3 refunded?


The trick (too late now) is to get a period travelcard or season on it
the first time, in which case the deposit is 0. After that you've got
your card and can put anything on it that you like.

I discovered this by accident. Also, I suspect that it isn't possible
to increase the cost of travelcards via deposits just because paper
tickets have stopped being sold, whereas for prepay, which is a new
type of ticket, they can do what they like.

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I recently purchased an Oyster pre-pay card and was told that the £3
deosit was refundable. How do I go about getting the £3 refunded?

In sept 2005, I went into the ticket hall of a tube station and told the
person inside the booth I required a refund on my pre-pay oystercard.

He simply took it from me, and issued me a printed ticket.
One week later a cheque arrived trough the post with my £3 depoist plus the
additional money I had paid onto the card.