On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:18:48 +0200, (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?

It'll almost certainly still work fine, and still have any remaining
credit on it.

No-one's ever known of one being deactivated.

Jim.