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Re: [89attendees] IETF 89 London - Tube strikes and Oyster cards

2014-02-05 16:44:37
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Mary Barnes 
<mary(_dot_)h(_dot_)barnes(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:




On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:49 PM, John Levine <johnl(_at_)taugh(_dot_)com> 
wrote:

I have an Oyster card that I got when I was in London in 2007 -- I don't
recall whether it was
explicitly a "Visitor" Oyster card.  Is it likely to still work?

Probably.  You can set up an online account on the TfL website,
register your card to it. It'll tell you what your balance is, and you
can top up from a credit card.  As I recall, online topups with US
plastic works.

[MB] In my experience, US credit cards (without chips) don't work at any
of the machines in the train or tube stations.  They will of course work at
the counters with real people.  [/MB]

[MB] Oops. I read (and responded) too fast, you are referring to being on
the Internet and using a credit card to top-up once you have the Oyster
card.  I buy my Heathrow Connect tickets before I go online with my US
credit card. That should work fine - I was talking about trying to top up
at the machines in the tube stations which theoretically you can do, but it
doesn't work with US credit cards.  Some of the machines take bills and
give change. Some do not.  [/MB]


If it demands a UK address, use your hotel's.

https://account.tfl.gov.uk/oyster

R's,
John