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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
by ErikCorry 4y ago
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.
- countrymile 4y agoChildren travel for free on transport for london
- m01 4y ago>=11 year olds need to for example pay for the tube: https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-and-discounted-travel https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-and-discounted-travel.
- sofixa 4y ago> 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.
- ErikCorry 4y 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.
- madeofpalk 4y agoYou can still purchase a paper NFC ticket.
- Symbiote 4y agoIn 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.