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[Taz2]

You can only use contactless for transactions of £30 or less. http://www.theukcardsassociation.org.uk/contactless_consumer/ContactlessSecurity2015.asp

My main worry is if I use contactless too often I'll forget my PIN 

Taz x

[CLKD]

But it can be used over and over for less than £30.00 as many times a day as one likes, hence the theft and emptying account risk.  Initially there was a cap of 3 times a day then it was raised to 5 and now it's as often as one likes!

[Taz2]

No it's not as often as one likes. If you use it more than five times - sometimes less - then you are automatically asked to put in your PIN number. I used mine three times in the space of an hour and the fourth time I had to enter my PIN.

Taz x

[littleminnie]

I know there is a slight risk but I love contactless.

[dazned]

Yes there is a limit of times used ,this is what the bank guarantee to replace back to youu as long as you've reported its loss in a timely manner 

[CLKD]

That isn't what we were told in The Nationwide yesterday  .  What you tell me makes more sense, however …….

[CLKD]

 

[Dulciana]

When I was down in London last weekend, I found it very useful being able to just keep swiping a card to go through the barriers, instead of having to fish out money for tickets all the time.  An elderly member of our group had awful problems with this at first, but even she got used to it after a while.  I felt a lot safer not having to get my purse out, with all those people milling about.

[Taz2]

It's not so much that there's a limit but just that every now and again something is activated and you can be asked to put in your PIN number. Mind you I was using a Barclays Debit Card not the credit card when it happened to me so perhaps it's different? http://www.barclays.co.uk/Helpsupport/Barclayscontactlessdebitcards/P1242561764200

Taz x

[Taz2]

It's just that on the link I posted Barclays say that they will randomly ask you to put in your PIN from time to time to check that it is actually you using the card? This is what happened to me and I was told, when I queried it later, that it was because I'd used it a few times in a short period of time.

Taz x