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Topic: Re:Contactless payment on the tube
Posted by: Michael Robinson
Date/Time: 16/09/14 12:03:00

I was on a trial of contactless cards for the tube and didn't have any problems with the system itself but people should be aware of the following;

- don't carry both Oyster and a contactless card with Oyster in the same wallet.  As I found out, there is a good chance you may swipe in with one card and swipe out with another so be charged the maximum fare twice.  You can get a refund if you do this but it is a bit of a faff to claim it.
- the card readers take a fraction of a second longer to respond to a contactless card with Oyster compared to an ordinary Oyster card.  Apparently one sixth of a second longer.  This lag was noticeable enough that I've gone back to using an ordinary Oyster card as it just feels quicker.
- I have other contactless cards in my wallet not enabled with Oyster but this means you get "card clash" and the gate won't open when you hold the wallet against a reader.  So now it means putting the Oyster card on one side of my wallet, opening the wallet and holding the right side of the wallet against the reader.  Previously I didn't need to open the wallet and could just hold it against the reader.  This seems to be a backwards step to me but with all banks issuing contactless cards these days, I'm not sure TfL can do much about this.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Contactless payment on the tube16/09/14 08:21:00 Susan Kelly
   Re:Contactless payment on the tube16/09/14 12:03:00 Michael Robinson
   Re:Contactless payment on the tube16/09/14 13:07:00 Thomas Barry
      Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube16/09/14 14:42:00 Susan Kelly
         Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 08:43:00 Janine Jarvis
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 08:48:00 Susan Kelly
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 10:28:00 Thomas Barry
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 10:51:00 Michael Robinson
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 10:55:00 Claire Moran
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 11:09:00 Michael Robinson
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 11:46:00 Claire Moran
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 16:31:00 Susan Kelly
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 23:30:00 David Marles
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube18/09/14 08:31:00 Susan Kelly
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube18/09/14 09:07:00 Claire Moran
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 16:48:00 Thomas Barry
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 19:03:00 Richard Jennings
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Contactless payment on the tube17/09/14 19:21:00 Susan Kelly

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