In message , Steve
Dulieu writes

"Kat" wrote in message
...
In message , David Walters
writes
On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:03:37 +0000, Kat
wrote:
Can you no longer buy single tickets with the credit on your
Oystercard?

I wonder why you say "no longer"
AFAIK you've never been able to in the past and won't be able to until
January 04 even if you've loaded money into the Prepay slot of a 7 Day
T/C or Season Ticket on Oyster.

I've done it several dozen times with a monthly oyster and it seems
you can still do so (having had a look this evening). For me it's
a lot less hassle than having lots of small credit card transactions
or carrying change.

I can only think that you must be using one of the stations that may be
testing out the system at present. It's certainly not working like that
at my station; I've had a few disgruntled customers wondering why
they've put money on their Prepay and can't use it yet.

What we have here is a failure to comunicate... What (I think) we're talking
about is; walking up to a ticket machine, selecting your ticket and paying
for it by placing you oyster on the card reader. The cost of the ticket is
deducted from your oyster and a paper ticket is issued. It is simply using
the oyster as an electronic wallet, none of the higher functions.

No, I do understand exactly what you mean but it's my understanding that
this is not generally available yet.
However, it is more than likely that it *is* enabled at a few stations
to test the system.
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