Irish Bank Card on TFL

Is there a conversion charge with Revolut? I thought it was just a good exchange fee, so better than regular banks? And no set debit charge like most banks. Think aib charge 40c per transaction or something.

Which for a public transport charge will only be couple of pence, it's usually not worth worrying about.

Last time I was in London, I used both my Revolut and my AIB Debit Card on the tube (for identical fares at different times). The AIB transactions were slightly cheaper when debited back in Euro to my AIB account.

both my AIB debit and credit card wouldn’t work on the London Underground? Card not recognised or something: worked fine before when in London. Different cards since then but not brand new or anything: any ideas? Card worked fine in a restaurant

Exactly the same experience for me. And the same thing happened in Liverpool and Manchester (on public transport only). Tapped the cards everywhere in the UK, except on the buses and tube - ridiculous, and very disappointed with AIB

I wonder if this is something that Visa could help with or would be interested in knowing about: https://www.visa.co.uk/contact-us.html

Alternatively someone should contact TfL and ask them if they have any idea why it’s happening. Maybe it’s some new technical requirement that’s not being met by AIB?

Same issue here. Neither my AIB debit or credit card was accepted on London underground a couple of weeks ago however my husbands AIB debit card worked. Mine is relatively new as moved from UB whereas his is older. Had to use my brothers UK credit card as you can't tap the same card twice which is also annoying.

My understanding of the AIB debit card is that there is a €150 'tap' limit per day on the classic cards (I think that's the bog-standard card). If you go over that limit during the day, you must perform a 'chip and pin' transaction for the 'tap' limit to be reset. Then you can go ahead and tap away, up to the €150. Perhaps some of the posters here, given that they were away maybe on holiday/business and were incurring other expenses besides public transport, had already clocked up €150 before they tried to tap on public transport in London, or wherever?

This is what I heard direct from AIB card department anyway.

No, that wasn't the case with me. In fact, just last week I got off the flight at Liverpool Airport and went to tap on at the bus. First transaction that day. Didn't work, had to go back to the ATM in the terminal for cash, and missed the bus. Had to wait 45 minutes for the next bus

Oyster remains an option in London and you can buy one at TfL ticket machines.

My wife tried to use her AIB card on the Underground and it was rejected. A staffer told her that AIB isn't accepted. Yet my AIB card worked via Apple Pay. So we just used our phones in the end.

can you explain to me how to use Google pay on public transport abroad?

Just a note to add that we tried to top up Oyster cards with PTSB in Victoria station and failed (but wife's AIB Visa worked).

But later tried same thing again but using the common machines at Victoria (in front of Gatwick Express platforms) and PTSB worked no problem. So it's hit and miss.