On Fri, 23 May 2014 08:03:28 +0100
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:27:16 on
Thu, 22 May 2014, David Walters remarked:
And: "You should also be aware that overseas transaction fees or
charges may apply for travel made with a card issued outside the
UK, please check with your card issuer."

Most of the cards I have (from the US and France and Canada, not just
the UK) charge about 3% extra for transactions other than in their own
currency.

But what's the definition of a "transaction"... just the total at the
end of the day, or every time you swipe a barrier [which arguably
charges the card about £9 when you swipe in, and makes an appropriate
refund of approx £0-£7 when you swipe out, depending how far away the
two places are].

It's the total cost of all the travel made in a day.

That's not so bad then. 3% of £7 is only 21p, and that sort of amount is
going to be lost in the noise of the currency conversion.

On a related topic about currency - when are TfL planning to upgrade
ticket machines to accept notes from elsewhere in the UK now they're getting
rid of ticket offices? Or is everyone supposed to go to a bank to change
their scottish/NI/channel islands notes first if they don't want to use a card?

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Spud