Re: IETF 101 travel tip

[Shigeya Suzuki <shigeya@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ole,

Since you're an expert on this.. :)

Do you think a Japanese localized AppleWatch or a Japanese localized iPhone with a Japanse credit card work in this context? (I will use iPhone 7 plus  or Apple Watch 3)

I always have doubt to use ApplePay while I'm traveling outside Japan. Thus I will bring my oyster card anyway... 

shigeya

On Mon, Jan 22, 2018, at 06:25, Ole Jacobsen wrote:

Apple Pay or any contactless card is fine, but will usually incur foreign transaction fees unless it is linked to a UK bank.

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On 21 Jan 2018, at 08:20, Dave Cridland <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 21 January 2018 at 17:59, Christian de Larrinaga <cdel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You can use an Oyster card with buses, as on the tube (underground) and

for travel outside London.

So I don't think you need an Oyster card anymore - if you have Apple

Pay or Android Pay, or an NFC bank card, it should work fine.

Certainly that's what I use around the tube these days.

Details at

https://oyster.tfl.gov.uk/oyster/entry.do

https://tfl.gov.uk/fares-and-payments/

recommended.

Christian

Bob Hinden wrote:

Hi,

When I was in  London in October I found by using the map app on my

phone (Apple in my case), it was easy to use the bus system.  After

entering your destination, it tells you where the nearest bus stop is,

the bus number to get on, where to change, and importantly where to

get off.  It was nice getting to see London from the bus, vs being in

the underground.

Bob

On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 9:15 AM, John R. Levine <johnl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

In London, I’ve also used the myTaxi app to get a black cab. I have no

idea

which is better, perhaps locals can help?

The taxi drivers I talked to said they used Gett and Hailo, which seem

pretty much indistinguishable.

For the most part, it's faster and easier to use your Oyster card on the

underground or a bus, but taxis are useful if you have trouble walking or

have a lot of stuff.

Regards,

John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for

Dummies",

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