In article , Robert Woolley
writes
Allegedly a maximum cost single will be deducted and then some
credit will be put back on at the end of your journey.

Correct.

If you only validate on exit, the full cost comes off.

The full cost of what? Are you implying it would be the most expensive
fare that you could have needed to get there (eg a single from Z5 if you
were exiting in Z1)? Is there any warning in case it was an equipment
fault that prevented the registration of the start of your journey?
--
"It used to be that what a writer did was type a bit and then stare out of the
window a bit, type a bit, stare out of the window a bit. Networked computers
make these two activities converge, because now the thing you type on and the
window you stare out of are the same thing" - Douglas Adams 28/1/99.

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 16:06:22 -0400, Roland Perry wrote:
In article , Robert Woolley
writes
Allegedly a maximum cost single will be deducted and then some
credit will be put back on at the end of your journey.

Correct.

If you only validate on exit, the full cost comes off.

The full cost of what? Are you implying it would be the most expensive
fare that you could have needed to get there (eg a single from Z5 if you
were exiting in Z1)?

Single from Z6D I assume (5.50) since they have no way of knowing
if you changed, traveled through zone 1 to get to your current zone
etc.

Is there any warning in case it was an equipment
fault that prevented the registration of the start of your journey?

If the gates are open you need to wait for them to say enter. If
you swipe to quickly (which I assume means the communication between
the barrier and your card hasn't finished) then you get a seek
assitance together with some loud beeping.

David

In article , David Walters
writes
If the gates are open you need to wait for them to say enter. If
you swipe to quickly (which I assume means the communication between
the barrier and your card hasn't finished) then you get a seek
assitance together with some loud beeping.

Bt what it you don't enter via a gate, but use one of the devices at the
ex carnet-verifier sites (like Farringdon station)?
--
"It used to be that what a writer did was type a bit and then stare out of the
window a bit, type a bit, stare out of the window a bit. Networked computers
make these two activities converge, because now the thing you type on and the
window you stare out of are the same thing" - Douglas Adams 28/1/99.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 07:03:10 -0400, Roland Perry wrote:
In article , David Walters
writes
If the gates are open you need to wait for them to say enter. If
you swipe to quickly (which I assume means the communication between
the barrier and your card hasn't finished) then you get a seek
assitance together with some loud beeping.

Bt what it you don't enter via a gate, but use one of the devices at the
ex carnet-verifier sites (like Farringdon station)?

They have a series of LEDs. Wait for the green one to come on. I
expect the LCD display might say something helpful and they might
even beep but I'm yet to find one that is open.

David