Forgot to swipe Oyster card

[emc]

I've only had one a couple of weeks so not that used to it and as no barriers at Nunhead completely forgot to swipe when returned home from work - can I explain at station tomorrow or will I get a fine or something? thanks

[kpc]

Got my first Oyster card the other day so remember seeing this:

Touching In and Out

Hope this helps.

[ianr]

Assuming you're using it for PAYG, don't have a travelcard on it, and did touch it in at the start of your journey, you're probably going to find you've been charged the uncompleted journey rate, which is probably a lot more than what you'd otherwise have been charged. If you do find that's what's happened, I think you have to try phoning the Oyster helpline and asking them them to correct it.

And this newpaper report seems to confirm that: "He said refunds were available from the Oyster help-line and London Underground stations, and ?10m of maximum fares are refunded each year."

[The Minkey]

Yeh, you 'just' get charged the full whack - which is how I ended up paying over ?7 to go one stop from Peckham Rye to Crofton Park last year. I'm so used to having an annual pass that it's 50/50 whether I'll remember to swipe at stations without ticket barriers.

[womanofdulwich]

for busy journeys ive gone back to buying a one day travel card as was soooo bad at remembering to swipe out...........