One reason for this is that low-fare airlines tend to have smaller credit-card tie-ins.
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Probably the most useful feature is the ability for a passenger to swipe their credit card on the machine to pay for the fare: that's right, no more fumbling in your pocket for change.
The university this week launched a new safe taxi scheme, which allows students who do not have enough money to get home from nights out during term time to use their matriculation card and signature as a deposit for the fare.
The basic fare across public transport is 50p, but the Istanbulkart smart card gives discounts.
They can use their student ID card and signature as a deposit for their taxi fare.
One hang-over from introducing contactless bank cards on the buses to pay for your fare, is that some people are being charged on the wrong card.
Now this is a San Francisco-based tech loving guy who tried every trick the internet offered, and then called his American Express Platinum Card travel agent, and none of it got the fare down one cent.
It could mean you could be charged twice for your fare, for example if you have a weekly travelcard loaded on your Oyster card and when getting on the bus you are charged on your bankcard.
There's no cash to exchange or credit card to swipe -- drivers a paid by Uber direct, and the fare includes a 20-percent tip.
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TfL said every day 36, 000 people board a bus and find they have insufficient funds on their Oyster card to pay for their journey and that at least 500 people a day try to pay their fare with a high denomination note for which the driver does not have change.
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