Barclays One Pulse oyster useless from tomorrow UPDATE now OK

[FGWman]

Thanks to radamfi for posting the twitter link below. It seems I was wrong and my One Pulse card will still work.

 

[richw]

So will it use it as a credit card to take payment or the oyster card element.
Assuming it is programmed to know which to take.

 

[Greenback]

I've had the same email about contactless cards. I think this needs to be clarified as richw says. It seems a bit strange to intorduce a product which is then rendered useless by something that is meant to be an enhancement for customers!

 

[Nym]

It has always been the case that a contactless card will look like an oyster card and vice versa, I was under the impression that the OnePulse did not have any contactless tech in it...?

 

[jopsuk]

It is/was advertised as being able to be used for contactless payments for goods.

 

[transmanche]

It seems a bit strange to intorduce a product which is then rendered useless by something that is meant to be an enhancement for customers!

It hasn't been available to new customers for a while - a couple of years I think. I assume that as cards get renewed, they'll just be a standard PayWave Barclaycard - and just not feature the Oyster element.

The OnePulse concept has been overtaken by events. TBH, it was poorly implemented anyway - with no link between the two parts (Oyster account and Barclaycard account). It didn't even have auto top-up automatically enabled!

And very poor customer service from Barclaycard not to keep you updated.

 

[radamfi]

https://twitter.com/TfLOyster

Contactless OnePulse Oyster users- bus touches will default to Oyster payment first before opting to use a contactless charge.

 

[FGWman]

https://twitter.com/TfLOyster

Thanks for that. It seems I was wrong. Thought they could have let me know rather than sending me an email telling me you can't present an oyster card and contactless card at the same time !

 

[Mojo]

Thanks for that. It seems I was wrong. Thought they could have let me know rather than sending me an email telling me you can't present an oyster card and contactless card at the same time !

You can't do that at present in any case. If the device on which you are touches detects multiple cards it will give a failed validation.

 

[Greenback]

It hasn't been available to new customers for a while - a couple of years I think. I assume that as cards get renewed, they'll just be a standard PayWave Barclaycard - and just not feature the Oyster element.

The OnePulse concept has been overtaken by events. TBH, it was poorly implemented anyway - with no link between the two parts (Oyster account and Barclaycard account). It didn't even have auto top-up automatically enabled!

And very poor customer service from Barclaycard not to keep you updated.

My knowledge in this area is rather limited, thanks for the info, but I am glad clarification seems to have been issued!

 

[Deerfold]

https://twitter.com/TfLOyster

That's at odds with the TfL webpage - http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/26416.aspx

Although your Barclaycard OnePulse has contactless technology built in, it will only be recognised on as an Oyster card and cannot be used for contactless payments on London's buses.

 

[Barn]

I wonder what checks an inspector can make on a bank card. What's the equivalent of the handheld oyster reader?

 

[Mojo]

When an inspector boards a bus and collects his inspector's ticket from the bus driver's ticket machine, it will have details of the debit/credit cards which have been used to touch in on that machine.

A machine is currently in development and will be ready in time for the rollout to the Underground (as obviously this solution would not work on the Underground!)

 

[londonbridge]

When an inspector boards a bus and collects his inspector's ticket from the bus driver's ticket machine, it will have details of the debit/credit cards which have been used to touch in on that machine.

Was wondering and was gonna ask this,so you're saying the inspector would ask to check the card number against the list he has? I guess that's the only way they could do it and maintain the customers privacy as you can't really have RPI's scanning your debit/credit card and seeing where else it was used to make purchases.

 

[Deerfold]

Was wondering and was gonna ask this,so you're saying the inspector would ask to check the card number against the list he has? I guess that's the only way they could do it and maintain the customers privacy as you can't really have RPI's scanning your debit/credit card and seeing where else it was used to make purchases.

The debit card wouldn't have that information on it anyway.

When a machine comes in that scans cards it will simply cross-reference the number with a central system confirming where the card has been touched in and/or out.