[Gllug] ist that right that the Oyster card got RFID on it?

[Mike Brodbelt]

John G Walker wrote:

> Incidentally, if you register on the internet you can see the
> algorithm that they use to charge for journeys. When you touch in at a
> tube station you get charged four pounds (the maximum for any tube
> journey). When you touch out, you get a rebate of however much you're
> owed. If you don't touch out (or if the system doesn't read your card,
> or the transaction isn't recorded, or whatever) then you don't get the
> rebate.

What happens if the reader fails/you forget to touch in, but you do
touch out correctly?

Also, as a pre-pay user, another thing I've been stung by is going into
a station, to be told soon after that the service is hopeless, and I
should leave, walk to another station, and board there instead. If you
touch in and out at the same station does it give you a zero charge? I
think not personally, so last time this happened I didn't touch out when
leaving station a, and nagged the guard to let me into station b without
touching in (possibly made easier by the torrent of fed up commuters
moving stations).

Mike
-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug