On Nov 23, 1:08*pm, "Mizter T" wrote:
"Roland Perry" wrote:
"From 2 January 2011, the minimum balance on your Oyster card before it is
automatically topped up is changing from 5 to 8. This is to ensure that
all customers with Auto top-up will always have enough credit on their
cards for any journey they wish to make."

Slightly misleading original subject line though - this is in relation to
*Auto* top-up, and is not to be confused with the 5 minimum top-up rule at
Tube station ticket offices (which seemingly isn't always enforced).

It might not be a bad idea though. There are regular problems on the
buses where I live (Walthamstow) where people with Oyster PAYG touch
in with insufficient credit. When the bus driver explains that they
don't have enough credit and will either have to pay cash or get off,
some of them pretend not to understand and ask the driver whether they
can travel for nothing, as it is 6am and they have to get to work.
This causes delays which tends to p**s everyone off.

I don't know if there is an easy solution to this issue though.