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Re: MTA proposes strapping straphangers with $1 'green fee' on each new MetroCard |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat Jul 28 13:15:58 2012, in response to Re: MTA proposes strapping straphangers with $1 'green fee' on each new MetroCard, posted by italianstallion on Sat Jul 28 11:15:45 2012. If you mean London, I did it after my time there finished and we left the system at Terminal 4. We were early thankfully and so had time to wait the 10 minutes or so that the line ("queue" to be linguistically proper for London) at that station normally takes to return 5 Oyster cards. So yes, we were given 25 pounds (no jokes please) cash on the spot that we spent at the airport prior to boarding the plane.Of course for this to work you have to have an agent at the airport terminal station who has access to cash and will do this transaction with you. In NY, this would likely take place at Jamaica and/or Howard Beach stations immediately after swiping / tapping your card to board. But I don't really recommend this system. As I've said elsewhere, Miami does it the best: $2 charge for a card that lasts 3 years. I think London's system of deposit results in too many extra transactions, especially at the airport stations, resulting in longer queues. |
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