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Ghost trips appearing on the London Cycle Hire scheme
In message f4Cao.12267$X27.1445@hurricane, at 21:14:03 on Tue, 17 Aug
2010, " remarked: Oyster cannot support the £300 charge made for lost or terminally damaged bicycles. A registered Oyster does know who you are, however, and can simply post or directly deduct from your current account the fine for the damage. Does every registered Oyster have a bank account associated with it - or just the ones set up for auto-topup? No, just the ones that are registered and set with an auto top up as would most likely be the scenario if the Oyster starts to cover cycle hire. So it's a kind of "three tier" Oyster card scheme[1]. More complication for customers to get their heads round :( [1] Basic, registered, and registered + auto-topup. -- Roland Perry |
Ghost trips appearing on the London Cycle Hire scheme
On 18/08/10 09:20, Roland Perry wrote:
So it's a kind of "three tier" Oyster card scheme[1]. More complication for customers to get their heads round :( [1] Basic, registered, and registered + auto-topup. Oh, it's much worse than that, because there's _real_ registration, which involves handing in a paper form to a ticket office, and there's the online thing which results in a card which isn't technically registered, but has some (but not all) of the properties of a registered Oyster card... -roy |
Ghost trips appearing on the London Cycle Hire scheme
"Roy Badami" wrote in message
news:WDNao.55762$GW1.50913@hurricane On 18/08/10 09:20, Roland Perry wrote: So it's a kind of "three tier" Oyster card scheme[1]. More complication for customers to get their heads round :( [1] Basic, registered, and registered + auto-topup. Oh, it's much worse than that, because there's _real_ registration, which involves handing in a paper form to a ticket office, and there's the online thing which results in a card which isn't technically registered, but has some (but not all) of the properties of a registered Oyster card... Ah, I wasn't aware of that latter distinction. Is it just a quirk of history or is there some reason for it? And what can't an on-line registered card do? |
Ghost trips appearing on the London Cycle Hire scheme
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Ghost trips appearing on the London Cycle Hire scheme
On 18/08/2010 09:20, Roland Perry wrote:
In message f4Cao.12267$X27.1445@hurricane, at 21:14:03 on Tue, 17 Aug 2010, " remarked: Oyster cannot support the £300 charge made for lost or terminally damaged bicycles. A registered Oyster does know who you are, however, and can simply post or directly deduct from your current account the fine for the damage. Does every registered Oyster have a bank account associated with it - or just the ones set up for auto-topup? No, just the ones that are registered and set with an auto top up as would most likely be the scenario if the Oyster starts to cover cycle hire. So it's a kind of "three tier" Oyster card scheme[1]. More complication for customers to get their heads round :( [1] Basic, registered, and registered + auto-topup. Hardly. |
Ghost trips appearing on the London Cycle Hire scheme
On 18/08/10 12:44, Recliner wrote:
"Roy wrote in message news:WDNao.55762$GW1.50913@hurricane Oh, it's much worse than that, because there's _real_ registration, which involves handing in a paper form to a ticket office, and there's the online thing which results in a card which isn't technically registered, but has some (but not all) of the properties of a registered Oyster card... Ah, I wasn't aware of that latter distinction. Is it just a quirk of history or is there some reason for it? And what can't an on-line registered card do? I've no idea why, but it probably is a quirk of history. As for differences - I'm pretty sure that real (paper) registration is needed in order to allow you to load a monthly or annual Travelcard onto your Oyster. -roy |
Ghost trips appearing on the London Cycle Hire scheme
In message yBWao.43170$Dt3.759@hurricane, at 20:34:54 on Wed, 18 Aug
2010, " remarked: So it's a kind of "three tier" Oyster card scheme[1]. More complication for customers to get their heads round :( [1] Basic, registered, and registered + auto-topup. Hardly. Indeed, we are now told it's at least 4-tier! -- Roland Perry |
Ghost trips appearing on the London Cycle Hire scheme
On 19/08/10 09:00, Roland Perry wrote:
In message yBWao.43170$Dt3.759@hurricane, at 20:34:54 on Wed, 18 Aug 2010, " remarked: So it's a kind of "three tier" Oyster card scheme[1]. More complication for customers to get their heads round :( [1] Basic, registered, and registered + auto-topup. Hardly. Indeed, we are now told it's at least 4-tier! I strongly suspect that you can set up auto-topup within only an online account, but without true registration (can anyone confirm?). In which case it's no longer a heirarchy. |
Ghost trips appearing on the London Cycle Hire scheme
"Roy Badami" wrote in message news:TXZao.91749$Tj3.51559@hurricane... On 18/08/10 12:44, Recliner wrote: Ah, I wasn't aware of that latter distinction. Is it just a quirk of history or is there some reason for it? And what can't an on-line registered card do? I've no idea why, but it probably is a quirk of history. When I first registered online I couldn't see the journey history, although auto top up was set OK. At the time, other posters here explained that only a form handed in at a ticket office would enable that facility, and it did... Paul S |
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