Originally Posted by
rkkwan
evergrn - You should definitely just keep the card. If it requires reactivation, so be it. Otherwise, you'll still need to go to the counter and purchase a new one anyways. And, never heard of anyone "losing" money on a dormant card.
Okay. Will definitely take your advice.
Once upon a time, my Japanese public phone card didn't work after ~6month hiatus. Had no way of recouping whatever value was left on it. This was a flimsy card with magnetic stripe, though. So Octopus card should be a different matter.