Originally Posted by
Badenoch
Oyster card ........ They are a nice souvenir and the balance stays on the card indefinitely. I've got three of them including one from the first year they were issued. The subsequent ones were picked up when I'd forgotten the others.
I'm back in London later this month so I'll probably return a couple of them after I've run down the balances.
The current amount of Oyster balances on cards not used for more than 12 months is now well above £50m. It's an interesting accounting issue for TfL as to when they write off the outstanding amount in their accounts and do something useful with it. The cards will continue to be acceptable, theoretically for ever, but much of the value here will never actually be used.