On May 8, 9:57 pm, alex_t wrote:
Yes. I've had bad experiences with direct debit in the past and TfL/LU
have proven themselves time and time again to be incompetant and I
don't need the hassle of either my details being nicked by some
minimum wage eejit working in their back room or more likely just a
foul up over payment with all the hassle that entails.

My question was about credit card, not direct debit - and it is much
easier to get refund with credit card, compared to DD.

Fakes?? When the hell did anyone last see a fake paper travelcard!

About 6 months ago I saw in the news some gang that was busted for
making fake paper travelcards.

Really? I never saw that. Care to provide a link because I can't find
anything about it. Did they manage to clone the magnetic strip too or
were they just lookalikes?

It someone hacked a pay as you Oyster card I suspect TfL would never
know about it unless their systems crosscheck the supposed balance on
a certain card every time that card goes through a gate. But thats
pretty unlikely as it would be far too slow. And since smartcard
hacking isn't exactly unheard of it would be interesting to know how
many hacked Oysters are out there.

B2003