This is how a lot of transit cards work, unfortunately.

Most of those (used to) work offline too, as long as there was money on the card. Not something an online payment system or app needs to deal with.

chii 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

if i recall, in singapore, the transit card costs are refundable.

I think that's the only place i've seen it refundable.

jsmith99 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

London oyster cards also offer a refund of your pay as you go balance.

	▲	hdgvhicv 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I suspect most people just use contactless nowadays, Especially infrequent visitors.

shiroiuma 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They're refundable in Japan too.