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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 4:26:53 GMT
Recently whilst travelling on a service there was a ticket inspection so I presentedmy annual paper ticket. The ticket inspector scanned her Oyster reader on the front then the back and (slightly raising her voice) said "Your ticket is not valid it gives me no signal" then another inspector came over saw it and said "no you don't need to scan this one"
I thought I'd share this as I found it funny.
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Post by littlebrute on Feb 4, 2013 12:45:19 GMT
You cannot be serious?!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 17:49:54 GMT
oops.
I have also seen, on occasions when there has been a heritage bus running day within central London, an 'ordinary' passenger try and present their Oyster Card to the conductor's Gibson ticket machine...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2013 20:16:06 GMT
On the subject of tickets, did you know that even when the expiry date on a Barclaycard combined Credit/Oyster card has passed, it still continues to work as a Pay-as-You-Go oyster card, despite the expiry date having run-out? (and is permitted according to TFL's rules!).
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Post by chrisvandenkieboom on Feb 4, 2013 21:19:01 GMT
Because only the credit card bit expires, the PAYG part only expires as soon as the RFID chip's battery is completely empty.
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Post by trt on Feb 4, 2013 21:39:42 GMT
Because only the credit card bit expires, the PAYG part only expires as soon as the RFID chip's battery is completely empty. Oh! They have a battery? I thought they were powered by induction. |
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Post by abe on Feb 8, 2013 8:25:26 GMT
There is no battery on Oyster cards. They are induction powered, via the loop aerial around the card.
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