(03 Nov 2013, 10:39 am)CatsFast101 wrote You have a bank card which you will use on a daily basis. A key card just in case you need a bus is like paying for a card to go through the Tyne tunnel which I haven't been through in about 10 months (living in County Durham I don't need to all that often). The point is what do GNE get out of this use of key cards, what is the logic? Explain it to me?
First, I was meaning there is a system in place to get my money from the Bank, like there is a system to get cheaper rates. If my new card comes through the post and I just put it down and forget where I have put it, Barclays cannot be blamed, a bit like the example you gave. You got a key card and because you either did not activate it or not used it, it is now lost and GNE cannot be held responsible for that surely.
Second, if you read online things like route one, bus and coach most operators are going to smartcards......that will give you some indication what the logic is behind bus operators switching to smartcards.