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David C[_2_] · August 4th 15, 03:31 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Sun, 02 Aug 2015 00:09:47 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On Sat, 01 Aug 2015 17:48:58 -0500,
wrote:

The point now, surely, is that unless you have a season ticket or a relevant
railcard there is no point in using Oyster Pay As You go any more and that
Contactless is preferable? I've been struck by how large balances really
occasional users I know have on their Oyster cards.

Well I've had a load of E Mails trying to persuade me to adopt
contactless which is rather pointless for my particular circumstances.
Still TfL hasn't connected all of its databases together that might
allow them to identify that I'm an exception to the general rules but
as an "edge case" it probably isn't cost effective for them to do so.

Clearly TfL do want people to swap because it reduces costs for them
and reinforces the case to reduce facilities at stations. Ironically
my bank recently had to replace my bank card and the new one isn't
contactless and I wasn't given a choice about that.

Is it at all possible to add a Senior Railcard to a contactless debit
/ credit card?

I'm thinking no, but......

DC

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