Originally Posted by
Rami Tamimi
+1 I still use my old Octopus "student" Octopus (Personalised, with my picture on it). The discount is long gone, but the card works perfectly..
I still have my first Octopus card from the original batch in 1997. Wow - it's now over 20 years old! It still works, but makes a funny beep at the turnstile to tell me that I should trade it in for a newer one. I see now that they have a website where you can check the details of old cards (
https://www.octopuscards.com/onlinef...y/en/step1.jsp). It says that mine will stop working as of 21 July 2018.