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May 23rd 14, 05:11 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Richard J.[_3_]
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Contactless payment on tube
d wrote on 23 May 2014 13:03:48 ...
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?
Yes. Scottish and NI notes are not legal tender in England
AFAIK
. The
Channel Islands are not even part of the UK. If TfL want to upgrade the
ticket machines, it would make more sense to accept Euro notes.
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