i know that on london transport there is a point at which the oyster card ‘thinks its a travel card’ and transport on a PAYG oyster becomes free at that point, can anyone tell me how much you have to spend before this? thanks

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Agree with the above post on Big Brother Britain, but the cash fare on the bus is 2 quid, Oyster fare is only a quid (actually I think it’s gone down to 90p) – so double price….nah.

The point where the Oyster "maxes out" depends on the zones you are travelling in. I do zones 1 through 6 so for me it’s 14.80 — the price of a day travel card. It used to be that it would max out at 50pence LESS than the cost of a day travel card but I think that’s changed now, but not 100% positive.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresandtickets/oneand3daytickets/2911.aspx

This webpage lists the day travelcard costs per zone. Using Oyster you’ll never pay MORE than that in one day, and like I said, it might still be less, you’ll have to read up to see.