John B wrote:
kytelly wrote:
Are you still supposed to beep in on the bendibuses if you have an
Oyster travelcard or do you only need to do this if your using pre-pay?

The latter. Ditto the Tube (assuming you don't need to do so to open
the barriers), DLR and rail.

Sometimes an inspector may suggest otherwise, as once happened to my
flatmate. In this case you should - while remaining polite throughout -
point out the real situation, ask for the inspector's details, and
write a formal letter of complaint to TfL about employing staff who
don't know how to do their jobs.


Not that it would cost anything to beep it, but any inspector who
didn't understand about travelcards ... mind you, an SWT guard within
London told me that a travelcard could only be used on one NR trip, and
insisted on scribbling his mark on it (a paper one).

When I get on a straight bus with an Oyster travelcard, I always beep
it so that the driver knows I've got something valid. But not on a
bendy.