Oyster Card

Chad, I don't believe two people can share an Oyster Card. There's a small deposit payable when you get the card, in addition to the fares you add to it. When you leave, you should be able to get a refund for the unused portion and the deposit. Cheers!

What Ken said. £3 deposit, turn it in and get it back. One card per person, please.

Thanks for the info do you only get a deposit back or can you get money back?

Hi Chad, You will receive your three Pound deposit plus any monies still on the card. Two different people can use the card just not on the same metro trip. If you try to have two people use the card on the same trip the card records that you entered the Metro system but didn't scan out before you entered a second time. The card then gets really upset, thinks that you are a cheat and charges you a bunch of extra Pounds. The same thing happens if you don't scan in but you do scan out when departing. This is not true for the bus system. You can have two people use the card because you only scan the card on entry. Oyster is the most sensible, cost effective and time saving way to travel. England/Fun!

Well it looks like you will need two cards

True!

Its not fair to put more than one person on an Oyster card because it only records to the daily cap and surely 2 or more people will reach the cap sooner than one. You really need one card each. I'm sorry if I was not clear before.

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