Originally Posted by goodgirl

Regarding the on-loan adult (non-tourist) Octopus plastic card: Will using it (debit transaction) extend its expiry date or is it necessary to load it with more funds to extend that deadline? I found that answer myself, it seems using it is sufficient:

"If your On-Loan Adult Octopus is issued on or after 1 October 2017, and has not had any add value or payment transaction for three years, it will become an Inactive Octopus and you may have to pay the Inactive Octopus Administrative Fee. If you no longer need it, please return it to us and collect the deposit and remaining value (if any) to avoid the Inactive Octopus Administrative Fee."

Source:
https://www.octopus.com.hk/en/consum...pus/index.html