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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Wed Mar 25 10:07:26 2015, in response to Re: WMATA Observations, posted by WillD on Wed Mar 25 03:57:50 2015. London's positive is that it caps your Oyster card if it knows you would have been better off getting a pass of some sort. That's a huge plus -- it takes away the step of figuring out what kind of card to buy. And AFAIK they do full refunds on the spot for you if you don't empty out the card before leaving town.My only problem with London is that there are spots where you have to tap your card that you might not notice, e.g. Waterloo, DLR transfers, etc. No faregates or obstacles but you have to tap to tell the system what you are doing and it's not always clear what you're telling the system. I had a Zone 1 to 2 pass and went on a full-up railfanning experience one day, never leaving Zones 1 or 2. I used a combination of Underground, Overground, and DLR, tapping anywhere I saw a machine just for safety. But I must have missed something, maybe a tap-out from DLR? Because when I was finishing up, the maximum fare was taken off leaving me with close to nothing. I went right to an agent who looked up the card history and just said, "Oh I see what happened" and removed one penalty (maximum) fare. |
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