Originally Posted by
Steve in Olympia
I have not had good luck using swipe cards in the London Underground kiosks, with the Heathrow Underground station being the most recent example. I am thankful that the Chase British Airways card is now available with a chip.
Some of them are finicky and require the perfect touch to swipe the card. The only place where I've had a visitor have to resort to cash was Marylebone station where we tried both machines and several swipes (well, insert card/remove card when prompted) but without any luck. It does seem that you need to withdraw the card slower than you might swipe in the US but not too painfully slowly.