Oyster card de-/reactivation?
I've got a non-personalised, pre-pay London Transport Oyster card that
was last used in December 2007. Must I assume it has been deactivated by now? If I give it to someone travelling to the UK, can he top it up again at Heathrow airport and immediately reuse it? Or does it require a more elaborate reactivation procedure? -- Georg Schwarz http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/ +49 151 11559652 |
Oyster card de-/reactivation?
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Oyster card de-/reactivation?
"Georg Schwarz" wrote in message e... I've got a non-personalised, pre-pay London Transport Oyster card that was last used in December 2007. Must I assume it has been deactivated by now? If I give it to someone travelling to the UK, can he top it up again at Heathrow airport and immediately reuse it? Or does it require a more elaborate reactivation procedure? can you open an "account" with it here? https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/gue...method=display Doing this anonymously will tell you the status of the card. If you register with an address you can do more, but other comments suggest that you can only do this with a UK address. tim |
Oyster card de-/reactivation?
On Apr 17, 11:18*pm, (Georg Schwarz) wrote:
I've got a non-personalised, pre-pay London Transport Oyster card that was last used in December 2007. Must I assume it has been deactivated by now? If I give it to someone travelling to the UK, can he top it up again at Heathrow airport and immediately reuse it? Or does it require a more elaborate reactivation procedure? -- Georg Schwarz * *http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/ *+49 151 11559652 I understand (from the eurostar employee selling them) that they're fine "valid" for 2 years. I assume that means valid for 2 years if not topped up. What I don't know is if the 2 years then gets added to the most recent top-up |
Oyster card de-/reactivation?
"aquachimp" wrote in message ... On Apr 17, 11:18 pm, (Georg Schwarz) wrote: I've got a non-personalised, pre-pay London Transport Oyster card that was last used in December 2007. Must I assume it has been deactivated by now? If I give it to someone travelling to the UK, can he top it up again at Heathrow airport and immediately reuse it? Or does it require a more elaborate reactivation procedure? -- Georg Schwarz http://home.pages.de/~schwarz/ +49 151 11559652 I understand (from the eurostar employee selling them) that they're fine "valid" for 2 years. I assume that means valid for 2 years if not topped up. What I don't know is if the 2 years then gets added to the most recent top-up --------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's a rolling 2 years from the most recent activity [1]. Should the card become dormant, then asking for it to be re-activated will restore the previous credit balance [1] though as previously commented, no-one has ever known this to happen. tim |
Oyster card de-/reactivation?
On Apr 17, 2:18*pm, (Georg Schwarz) wrote:
I've got a non-personalised, pre-pay London Transport Oyster card that was last used in December 2007. ... This is a follow-on question from the US: The pdf file on the official webpage says "Travelcards on Oyster can be used across National Rail services in London (except on Heathrow Express and between Heathrow and Hayes and Harlington on Heathrow Connect)" Does this mean arriving passengers are unable to take train to their London hotel by using Oyster? John |
Oyster card de-/reactivation?
jpwoodruff wrote:
On Apr 17, 2:18 pm, (Georg Schwarz) wrote: I've got a non-personalised, pre-pay London Transport Oyster card that was last used in December 2007. ... This is a follow-on question from the US: The pdf file on the official webpage says "Travelcards on Oyster can be used across National Rail services in London (except on Heathrow Express and between Heathrow and Hayes and Harlington on Heathrow Connect)" Does this mean arriving passengers are unable to take train to their London hotel by using Oyster? John You can use it on the tube but not the Heathrow Express. David -- (*) of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate. www.davidhorne.net (email address on website)- "The fact is that when I compose I never think of and never have thought of meeting the listener." -George Perle (RIP 2009) |
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