What happens if you tap in twice?
It's to stop people gaming the system. If you tap in at a station, you can't pass your oyster card back to your mate behind, the system won't accept two consecutive tap ins. However, it WILL accept them if the two are broken up by a tap out.
Remember, you need a different card or device for each person travelling. If you touch-in but don't touch-out at your destination stop, with the same card or device, we won't know what journey you made. If this happens, you'll automatically pay the incomplete journey fare.
Same station exits
If you touch contactless (card or device) or an Oyster card on a yellow card reader when you enter a station, and then touch out to exit it within a short period of time, you'll be charged a same station exit: Between 0 - 2 minutes: a maximum fare.
The key thing is that touch in and touch out are no more than 90 minutes apart. It doesn't matter how long the trains take, if you wait half an hour to get on one you have still used 30 minutes of the allowance.
Contactless card readers can only make one single transaction at a time, so you're protected from double-tapping.
Your journey time
If you spend longer than the maximum journey time, you could be charged two maximum fares. A single maximum fare is: up to £8.90 in Zones 1-9. up to £26.00 beyond Zone 9, including on the Heathrow Express.
The charge will usually be applied to your account within 3 days of travel. A single charge will be made for each day travelled, as TfL calculates your fares for all your journeys across each day. Find out more about TfL's contactless card service.
Please wait at least 48 hours as you might receive an automatic refund: Oyster - we'll automatically add it to your card the next time you touch in or out of a rail journey. Contactless - the refund will show on your next card statement, or we will adjust the fares charged when you next travel.
When you use contactless or Oyster to pay as you go, there is a maximum amount of time that you can spend making a single journey on Tube, DLR, London Overground, Elizabeth line and National Rail. If you spend longer than the maximum journey time for your journey, you could be charged 2 maximum fares.
You can get a refund if you have been charged for touching in and out at the same station without making a journey.
How do I avoid tap and go fees?
Debit card users can generally avoid the merchant service fee by swiping or inserting your plastic into the EFTPOS terminal and selecting 'savings' or 'cheque' and entering your PIN. It may take longer than the contactless card method but your hard earned cash should be in your pocket not the merchants.
There isn't a daily limit for contactless payments. However, from time to time, when you shop using contactless payments, you'll need to put your card into the machine and enter your PIN to verify it's you, before you can use contactless again.
London buses are all cashless, so you need an Oyster card, Travelcard or contactless payment card to ride. Bus fare is £1.65, and a day of bus-only travel will cost a maximum of £4.95. You can transfer to other buses or trams for free an unlimited number of times within one hour of touching in for your first journey.
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If you are found evading or have evaded payment of the fare lawfully required (i.e. no payment, non-tapping in/out of smartcard, travel on invalid ticket or travel on concession fare without entitlement), then the Public Transport Official can impose a PF.
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An annual £10 registration charge will apply to each vehicle you add to Auto Pay.
TfL revenue inspectors can also check contactless payments cards, in addition to the Oyster cards.
If you think you've been charged in error, you'll need to log into your Transport for London (TfL) online account, to view and confirm the details of the disputed fare/charge. If you still feel you've been incorrectly charged, you'll then need to contact TfL to resolve this for you.
How much is Oyster penalty?
How much is a penalty fare? It's £80. This is reduced to £40 if you pay within 21 days.
The rate depends on when you touch in.
Peak fares apply from 06:30 to 09:29 and from 16:00 to 18:59 Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays). Off-peak fares apply at all other times. That is, if you touch in during those two three-hour periods, you will be charged the peak fare.
There is no limit to the number of times you can use a contactless payment card in a day via the contactless method, but there is a caveat to this. Intermittently, your bank may ask for you to enter your PIN to ensure it's you – and not anyone else – that is using your card.
If you do not tap on, you may be fined for travelling without a valid ticket. If you do not tap on but do tap off at the end, you will be charged the default fare. If you tap on at the beginning and then forget to tap off at the end of your trip, you will be charged the default fare for an incomplete trip.
If you don't touch on a pink card reader: You'll pay the higher pay as you go fare that includes Zone 1 travel.