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On Jun 24, 1:33 pm, Paul Weaver wrote:
On 22 Jun, 03:39, "peter" wrote:



"Paul Corfield" wrote in message

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On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:12:48 -0700 (PDT),
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Anyone know?

It's the minimum fare at that station - £1 outside Z1 and £1.50 in
Z1.

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Paul C

So will the gate at the destination let you out, if after deducting the
correct fare, the balance on the card is negative?

The reason I ask is that I infrequently visit London, and on my last
journey
I commenced with £3.00 on the card (Z1 to Waterloo) (eurostar was there
in
early November)
and now I have £1.50 sitting on card which won't be used for a year or
two
(it is a registered card-- dunno how long they will allow it to remain
inactive)

The card previously had a 7 day Travelcard on it, so it has no £3
deposit.

I suspect to avoid giving Tfl a long term interest free loan, :-) I
should
try to commence my last journey with only £1.50 on the card.

Or you could just take it to a ticket window and say "gimme my money".
As it's registered I dont think there's an issue.

Unless you've used both cash and a credit card to top it up. Then you
can only get the money back by cheque, posted to your address.

Bit of a bugger if your usual currency isn't GBP.

Tim.

Ok thanks for the replies.. I want to keep the card, so in future I will
just run it down to zero.
It's useful as I can add funds from here (Sydney) prior to any trip to
London and don't have to pay the £3 deposit

cheers
Peter