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0 pointsErikCorry3y ago0 comments

Good luck finding out ahead of time whether your foreign card is going to be accepted by the system.

Also seems difficult for children who don't generally have credit cards.

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> Good luck finding out ahead of time whether your foreign card is going to be accepted by the system.

On the tills themselves there's all the signs of all the accepted cards and it was a fairly exhaustive list. It's also probably available online, so it should be pretty easy to check ahead of time.

ErikCorryOP3y ago

"Many contactless cards issued outside the UK can be used to pay as you go for travel (overseas transaction fees may apply):

American Express (AMEX) MasterCard and Maestro (some cards issued in the USA, Canada and the Netherlands aren't accepted) Visa and V PAY (some cards issued outside the UK aren't accepted)"

So no you can't tell ahead of time.

Symbiote3y ago

In Britain banks will give debit cards to children from age 11, and prepaid cards from age 6.

Although to get the child rate (half price) you need to show ID (if it's not obvious) and get the native Oyster card.

countrymile3y ago

Children travel for free on transport for london

m013y ago

>=11 year olds need to for example pay for the tube: https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-and-discounted-travel.

madeofpalk3y ago

You can still purchase a paper NFC ticket.

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