"Charles Ellson" wrote
"Jonathan Morton" wrote:
In similar vein, I have often wondered if it is possible - without
intending
to defraud anyone - to use an Oyster Prepay card for two people travelling
together - i.e. you touch in, pass the card back, touch in again - and the
same at the end, debiting two fares to the card. I suspect it won't work,
as
the machine just interprets the second "touch in" as a "touch out". Is
that
right?

Any intent to use one card for two sets of fares would anyway be
defeated by the cap kicking in at the amount for only one person's
travel.

And that's a defeat for whom?

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:52 -0000, "John Salmon"
wrote:

And that's a defeat for whom?

TfL. But they evidently don't care, as you *are* allowed to pass a
PAYG card around, you just can't use it for two *at once*.

Neil

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On Mar 13, 6:16*am, (Neil Williams)
wrote:
On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:52 -0000, "John Salmon"

wrote:
And that's a defeat for whom?

TfL. *But they evidently don't care, as you *are* allowed to pass a
PAYG card around, you just can't use it for two *at once*.

In this particular case I think that the unresolved journeys would not
be counted towards the cap and would probably result in the highest
possible cap applying. I can't see what would be gained.

On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:56:13 -0700 (PDT), MIG
wrote:

In this particular case I think that the unresolved journeys would not
be counted towards the cap and would probably result in the highest
possible cap applying. I can't see what would be gained.

By the individual? Nothing at all, really. Might as well get another
Oyster, or tailgate. The latter would be no more or less valid.

Bear in mind also that one Oyster is not even technically valid for
two people, so if you were gripped in the middle (unlikely, I know,
but not unheard of) a PF would be due for one or the other.

Neil

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