If you register your Oyster and set up an online account, paying for
your credit online, you can get a journey history from the comfort of
your own home.

Journeys take a few days to appear on the website.

No use if you're paranoid though.

--
Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.

wrote:
As someone who visits London frequently, I already have an
(unregistered) Oyster card, which I top up from time to time with
little bits of cash here and there. In a couple of weeks though, I'll
be going to London for a work-related visit.


I always guess how much I am about to use, and top up by about that amount.

Press the receipt button on the machine when doing the top-up.

Then just hand the top up receipt in on expenses.

Tim

On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:18:55 +0000, asdf
wrote:

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 18:16:23 +0000, Walter Briscoe wrote:

I suggest you register it unless you suffer from paranoia. The police
and similar authorities have access to any records about you that TfL
maintains.

Erm, surely that's a reason *not* to register it?

Only if you are paranoid.

On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:47:08 +0000, Joyce Whitchurch
wrote:

I also have this problem. To get round it, I have two Oyster cards, one
for personal use and one for business use. Every time I top up the
business one, I get a receipt and I claim that back on expenses.

I'd do that if I used TfL services for business often enough. As it
is I just tend to expense cash fares even if they are a rip-off.

Of course, the annoyance of this is that with two cards you'd lose the
ability to just whack your wallet on the reader!

It'd be sufficient if you could get a printout from the ticket machine
(to save queueing time).

Neil

--
Neil Williams
Put my first name before the at to reply.

Neil Williams wrote:
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:47:08 +0000, Joyce Whitchurch
wrote:

I also have this problem. To get round it, I have two Oyster cards, one
for personal use and one for business use. Every time I top up the
business one, I get a receipt and I claim that back on expenses.

I'd do that if I used TfL services for business often enough. As it
is I just tend to expense cash fares even if they are a rip-off.

Any sane organization would allow you to expense the Oyster card,
considering that will save money over even two cash fares.
--
Michael Hoffman

In article ,
asdf wrote:
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 18:16:23 +0000, Walter Briscoe wrote:

I suggest you register it unless you suffer from paranoia. The police
and similar authorities have access to any records about you that TfL
maintains.

Erm, surely that's a reason *not* to register it?

Not really. If the police start asking questions in a /really/
serious manner, they'll take you into custody. At which point
the custody sgt will catalogue the items in your possesion,
including the unregistered oyster in your pocket.

Um... I'd've thought.

--
Shenanigans! Shenanigans! Best of 3!
-- Flash

Michael Hoffman wrote:
Neil Williams wrote:
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:47:08 +0000, Joyce Whitchurch
wrote:

I also have this problem. To get round it, I have two Oyster cards,
one for personal use and one for business use. Every time I top up
the business one, I get a receipt and I claim that back on expenses.

I'd do that if I used TfL services for business often enough. As it
is I just tend to expense cash fares even if they are a rip-off.

Any sane organization would allow you to expense the Oyster card,
considering that will save money over even two cash fares.

Yes, any _sane_ one would.


--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Arthur Figgis wrote:
Michael Hoffman wrote:
Neil Williams wrote:
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:47:08 +0000, Joyce Whitchurch
wrote:

I also have this problem. To get round it, I have two Oyster cards,
one for personal use and one for business use. Every time I top up
the business one, I get a receipt and I claim that back on expenses.

I'd do that if I used TfL services for business often enough. As it
is I just tend to expense cash fares even if they are a rip-off.

Any sane organization would allow you to expense the Oyster card,
considering that will save money over even two cash fares.

Yes, any _sane_ one would.

That point did not escape me.
--
Michael Hoffman

On Tue, 6 Mar 2007 21:36:45 +0000 (UTC), Mike Bristow wrote:

I suggest you register it unless you suffer from paranoia. The police
and similar authorities have access to any records about you that TfL
maintains.

Erm, surely that's a reason *not* to register it?

Not really. If the police start asking questions in a /really/
serious manner, they'll take you into custody. At which point
the custody sgt will catalogue the items in your possesion,
including the unregistered oyster in your pocket.

Well, yes, that's one scenario where not registering it doesn't help.
But it does stop anyone with access to the system saying to themselves
"Hmmm, wonder what Mike Bristow has been up to lately..." types in
name click click "Ah, here we have his every movement for the
last 2 years" (etc)