Colin wrote:
"Richard J." wrote in message
o.uk...
wrote:


http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/downloads/...06-leaflet.pdf

The Family Travelcard, Tube Carnet, Single zone Travelcard seasons
and some New Deal tickets are being withdrawn. But a less obvious
disappearance is Oyster Prepay. It's now referred to as 'pay as
you
go'!

That's crazy! It's not pay as you go, it's pay *before* you go.
Pre-Pay was a good name which accurately described the concept of
paying in advance for a number of journeys, as distinct from paying
for each journey in cash, which *is* pay-as-you-go. I suppose
they're trying to hide the fact that they will get lots of money up
front, but in changing the name they have just made the whole
Oyster concept more difficult to understand. I feel an e-mail to
TfL coming on.

Oh come on Richard. 'Pay As You Go' is common parlance now thanks
to the popular Mobile Phone payment mechanism.

Oyster Pre-Pay is exactly the same concept as mobile phone PAYG. It
makes absolute sense for TfL to describe it using a term that the
general public (excepting yourself perhaps) are totally comfortable
with.

Well, I must admit that the inconvenience of PAYG mobile phones is not
something that I have to put up with, having an Orange "Virgin EQ"
contract with zero rental and my (relatively few) call charges paid
monthly by direct debit. Sadly, Orange no longer offer this.

But I still feel that PAYG is a daft term for Oyster, since TfL want it
to be a replacement for cash fares which really are PAYG and don't have
a £3 initial charge.
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Richard J.
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