[doublerabbit]

Contactless in the UK lets you use the card five times before you have to Chip&Pin and too reset.

Pointless and all is displayed is "Declined". Embarrassing if your paying in the party.

[lozenge]

That's not my experience, it lasts many more times for me and it says "INSERT CARD". Which is also what it says when you haven't got money to cover the payment.

[wdb]

Yeah, I think it's based on an amount instead of times. I have been to my local shop for months and they never asked for card yet. Each time spending like £3-4