I was going to put the following in the bus forum but this applies to all forms of travel within the TfL contactless area, so here seemed more appropriate.
Some foreigners were using the X26 bus today from East Croydon to Heathrow . Every card they tried didn't work, which was about three. They appeared to be from an asian country.
Assuming their cards were contactless, is there any reason why they wouldn't work? If it was contactless would it be the foreign bank restricting it or are some types of foreign bank cards restricted by the system TfL uses?
I don't think I've ever used my bank card aboard on public transport but I'm not a frequent traveller aboard.
The bus driver said they were holding people up and they should have been prepared. Of course whose to say they actually used a bus before or any kind of TfL reader. If they had travelled on a train, they might have used paper tickers for example.
I'm not sure what happen next as I went upstairs but they might have kindly been allowed to stay, as it wasn't much longer before we departed after this. They didn't look so young in years.
Some foreigners were using the X26 bus today from East Croydon to Heathrow . Every card they tried didn't work, which was about three. They appeared to be from an asian country.
Assuming their cards were contactless, is there any reason why they wouldn't work? If it was contactless would it be the foreign bank restricting it or are some types of foreign bank cards restricted by the system TfL uses?
I don't think I've ever used my bank card aboard on public transport but I'm not a frequent traveller aboard.
The bus driver said they were holding people up and they should have been prepared. Of course whose to say they actually used a bus before or any kind of TfL reader. If they had travelled on a train, they might have used paper tickers for example.
I'm not sure what happen next as I went upstairs but they might have kindly been allowed to stay, as it wasn't much longer before we departed after this. They didn't look so young in years.
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