Boris - remove this absurd Oyster vs cash cost disparity
 

Richard wrote:
On Tue, 13 May 2008 15:10:55 +0100, Peter Beale
wrote:
We had a short visit to Paris in January and got the 3-day Zones 1-3
Paris Visite ticket for €19 and used it extensively on Metro, buses,
Montmartre funicular. We managed to use 4 of the discounted offers - Arc
de Triomphe, Opéra Nationale, Bâteaux Parisiens, Grand'Arche de la
Défense - and certainly didn't regard them as "dubious" attractions, and
all in all thought it quite good value.

Yes, all good stuff, although I don't think I've ever used these
reductions.

On previous visits I have used
the "Carte Orange", notably while camping out at Maisons-Laffite, but I
think it is not available for less than a week - and now comes in the
form of "Navigo" (French for Oyster!) and costing more for those not
resident in Ile-de-France.

Yes, it's a week or a month (or a year for the differently-branded
"Intégrale"). Unfortunately it's still a fixed week (Mon-Sun) or
month. Even with the Carte Orange now officially available for
aliens, this "feature" prevents its use for long weekends, etc. I
don't believe it costs more for non-residents, however, except that
the card costs 5 euros and isn't replaced if lost...


I realize that on checking the RATP site again - there is le passe
Navigo for Ile-de-France residents, and le passe Navigo Découverte for
non-residents, as you say - for some reason I had it in my mind that
there were two scales of fares.

Peter Beale

Boris - remove this absurd Oyster vs cash cost disparity
 

In article
, Mr
Thant writes
On 15 May, 10:08, Mr Thant
wrote:
(although one of them is a newsagents a few doors down from my flat,
so I may go have a look)

I went in this place just now and there are no signs whatsoever and
the reader is hidden with a load of other clutter on the side of the
counter - it took me a while to spot it. So I can't imagine it's ever
used.

My local corner shop/post office has an Oyster reader/top up machine. OK
if you've got cash, but they charge an extra 50p if you want to use a
debit card.
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Boris - remove this absurd Oyster vs cash cost disparity
 

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In article
, Mr
Thant writes
On 15 May, 10:08, Mr Thant
wrote:
(although one of them is a newsagents a few doors down from my flat,
so I may go have a look)

I went in this place just now and there are no signs whatsoever and
the reader is hidden with a load of other clutter on the side of the
counter - it took me a while to spot it. So I can't imagine it's ever
used.

My local corner shop/post office has an Oyster reader/top up machine. OK
if you've got cash, but they charge an extra 50p if you want to use a
debit card.

That's the store's policy, not TfL's, because businesses are charged for
using debit cards.

Boris - remove this absurd Oyster vs cash cost disparity
 

On Sat, 17 May 2008 14:15:56 +0100, wrote:

That's the store's policy, not TfL's, because businesses are charged for
using debit cards.

Though it's a policy with which these "payWave" type cards will never
catch on.

Neil

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