From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >I keep wondering what the systems are going to offer for those   
   >of us who do NOT want any such "feature" & just want a card NOT   
   >linked to anything.   
      
   Somewhere in the SEPTA discussion it said that SEPTA will sell you a   
   card you can reload with cash, for people who don't have or don't want   
   to use other cards.  Even though TfL lets you use bank credit and   
   debit cards, they have no plans to phase out Oyster, and for some   
   applications (like senior discounts for us over 60's) only an Oyster   
   will work.   
      
   I have to say that using my US AmEx card to touch in and out in the   
   London Underground was pretty cool.  Each day I got one charge for   
   whatever I'd used that day.   
      
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