Mizter T wrote:
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No - because when you lose your Oyster card, you call the Oyster card
helpline and they block your lost card from being used, then send you a
new one. The new one would be the recipient of the auto-topup credit
from then on, as well as having whatever balance from your lost card
transferred over onto it.


Yes, but I doubt if they would pay for any purchases made on your lost
card before you informed them that it was missing. I think most banks
and credit card companies will, providing the user has not been negligent.