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Thanks @MikeWh do you reckon if I call up tomorrow and explain why it was likely declined when I tapped in they will take a more lenient approach? What is the best way to explain it in TfL terminology, does this make sense? My card was declined as I was boarding the bus and I did not notice I...

Thanks for contributing and helping. If I click on "requires approval" it is taking me to a payment page - so I assume, as Matt predicted, there has been an issue with a previous payment - unbeknownst to me as there are no outstanding payments listed in the 'journeys' section - which has...

Appreciate your insight, I will await the letter and update in the coming weeks.

Thanks, so you don't think I should call them tomorrow then? I should wait and see if they contact me? From the looks of my card having been made unavailable it looks like they might. There was no previously unpaid fare, this money (for the previous journey) was withdrawn from my bank account...

I don't have any previous penalty fares that I am aware of, as I say I have never before interacted with an inspector. I wasn't interviewed at all. The inspector took me downstairs, handed me a notepad, asked for my details and let me off as it was approaching my stop before telling me to...

Yes it's in the payments section which I believe means it's been cleared. I see that failed revenue checks can result in cards being no longer approved which is likely the issue. Is there anywhere for me to go from here than sit and wait it out? They implied they'd be sending a letter for me to...

Thank you once more Matt. It shows the journey from the previous evening, but not the journey in question. There is red text stating: This card is currently not approved for travel

^ Thanks Matt for clarifying this, I was almost 100% it said 'insufficient funds' because it turned out that my card did indeed have insufficient funds and it was the inspector who altered me to this in the midst of my confusion, *after* they had read the message on the reader after scanning my...

Thanks for replying and clarifying the purpose of the forum, I just thought I would post in here as there was a lot of knowledgeable people around TfL issues. Thanks for the advice, I am absolutely sick with worry. Are you sure about the "not authorised for travel" part, I was in total shock...

The card reader they had seemed to flash up saying 'insufficient funds', then when I tried to explain that I had tapped in and that I believed the issue to then be the damaged chip in my card they tapped it again and it said the same thing.

Hi there, this is my first post - I hope it is in the correct thread. I live in London usually walk to work as its a 15 minute journey (I occasional cycle) but if I have meetings that day I will hop on the bus from A (home) to B (work). Last week I hopped on the bus, got on the back entrance...