On 28 May, 15:12, Mizter T wrote:
On May 28, 12:33*pm, MIG wrote:

On 28 May, 11:15, Mizter T wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10162991.stm

Average of £1.80 sits on each idle card.

That's the whole point, isn't it?

But the figure for the nominal value of remaining periods on seasons
would no doubt be a lot more.

Sorry, my summary should have been clearer - the crucial word above is
"idle" - as Recliner states, these are cards that haven't been used
for a year, specifically for the financial year April 2009 to April
2010.

OK thanks both for clarification.

I spose it's a bit like the situation with BT phonecards (although not
quite as bad) where cards were lost etc, therefore bringing in quite a
lot extra for BT.

Phonecards were worse because they actually cost more than cash: you
couldn't get them out before they chonked off another unit, even if
you were about to hang up.