Originally Posted by
paperwastage
i still used my oyster on my last london trip, because contactless doesnt support custom 7-day fare cap (only Mon-Sunday)
Hong Kong was actually the (2nd) pioneer in RFID contactless (1997... yes, thats 22 years ago. Korean upass was 1st
paris will be introducing Navigo Easy contactless soon - 2EUR
NYC will get their OMNY contactless working at all subways Oct 2020 - they have some stations with contactless enabled
The use of contactless/RFID tech alone isn’t that big a deal really. It’s the use of the existing (visa/mc/amex/etc) payment system that makes London streets ahead. Why should I have to bother getting yet another card just to ride public transport?
I believe you can register on the Transport for London website with the payment card you want to use and then you can buy a custom “travelcard” - not actually a card but just associated to your payment card. I’m usually there for a bit longer so I don’t bother and it works out all the relevant fare caps automatically.