"Daniel Barlow" wrote in message
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Mizter T writes:

On Sep 2, 10:11 am, "David A Stocks" wrote:

I've never understood why anybody bothers with online top up. [...]

Because what's no good for you is no good for anyone else, and anyone
who might demur is wrong?

I think we're all prepared to entertain the *possiblity* that it might
be good for someone, but you don't actually give any indication of who
they might be or why.

Do tell. My experience echoes Mr Stocks', so I would also be interested
to hear from people who do get use out of the service.


Exactly.

As I said in my post (but Mizter T snipped it) there is a possible benefit
in the avoidance of queues at ticket offices/machines, but I still found it
a lot easier to top up at ticket machines than using online top up. I'm a
frequent PAYG user but my pattern of use is not very predictable making the
requirement to pick up the balance at a nominated underground gateline[1] a
complete pain in the arse.

It's also possible my experience is affected by living south of the river
....

OTOH auto top up is absolutely wonderful.

So here is the challenge: is there someone out there who regularly uses
online top up, and why do they use it in preference to manual top ups at
ticket machines?

I, like Daniel, am genuinely interested to know.

[1] I was quoting from a post about Kings X, where you have to specify the
tube or sub-surface gate line to collect top ups and, presumably, other
Oyster products.

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D A Stocks