On 16 Jul 2006 15:13:23 -0700, "Mizter T" wrote:

I've always got an odd amout on my Oyster card balance e.g. £11.84
going back several years ago before Pre-Pay was launched and the bus
machines were deducting 1p per journey! (even though I had a
Travelcard loaded).

Nicholas

That's most interesting. How did that work out then - presumably as it
was before the launch of pre-pay your card went into negative balance?
How long did that glitch go on for, and was it just on some bus's
misconfigured ticket equipment or did it occur across the whole bus
network at the time?

I recall this was discussed on this newsgroup quite a bit at the time
(Google it to see). I already had some balance on the card through
using Pre Pay on the tube. I think it was pretty much widespread that
bus readers were deducting 1p when someone boarded and tried to use a
Pre Pay only Oystercard. Was wasn't very common was (as in my case),
the reader also deducting 1p when you had a valid Travelcard loaded.

I didn't bother claiming the 1p back from TfL .

I guess you may be able to get the balance 'back' to a multiple of 5p
or 10p if you added an appropriate amound of credit (e.g. £5.06) at a
Tube ticket office or newsagents. But I'd keep it as it is, as a kind
of Oyster oddity.

Yes, it does sometime lead to puzzled ticket office clerks and a
chuckle at the 'cheep bus fare' story!

Nicholas


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