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Not sure whether this belongs in here or warrants a separate thread, but I have noticed that when I try to top up my Oyster card online via the TfL website, it deducts £2.40 credit from the amount by which I top up. This would appear to be a fixed amount regardless of how much you top up by, so for example if you ask to top up by £5 you only actually get £2.60 more on your card, £10 means you top up by £7.60, £20 means you get £17.60 and so on.
Does this mean that TfL is charging you a £2.40 admin fee for the convenience of topping up online instead of having to queue up to top up at the machines at Underground stations (or at an Oyster Stop newsagent or convenience store)? That is the first I’ve heard of this, but I usually top up my Oyster card at a Tube or National Rail station ticket machine rather than online.