Good morning,
We travel. We have transit cards for different cities and countries. We have credit cards in our phone wallets.
Why can’t we add these transit cards to the wallet for Express use ? It’s ridiculous that just because our country doesn’t use « tap in/tap out », we shouldn’t be able to in a country that does.
Does anyone else have the same problem and find a workaround ? Did changing the region cause any undesirable side effects ?
TIA
iPhone 13 Pro
There are very few transport cards available to be added to the Wallet app. There are getting on for thirty in China; two in Japan, and three in the US: Clipper (San Francisco), SmarTrip (Washington DC), and TAP (Los Angeles).
Apple Pay is an option in many other regions and you can see the list Apple maintains at Where you can travel on public transport using Apple Pay.
Some transport authorities have apps you can download from the iOS app store and use certain functionalities.
Additionally, many transport authorities have a facility to add credit to your physical transport card without the ability to use an iPhone itself for travel. My own transport network is one of these; I can top up my card by touching it and my debit card to the phone but I must use my transport card at the faregate.
In all cases it is the transport authorities who determine what can and cannot be done.
There are very few transport cards available to be added to the Wallet app. There are getting on for thirty in China; two in Japan, and three in the US: Clipper (San Francisco), SmarTrip (Washington DC), and TAP (Los Angeles).
Apple Pay is an option in many other regions and you can see the list Apple maintains at Where you can travel on public transport using Apple Pay.
Some transport authorities have apps you can download from the iOS app store and use certain functionalities.
Additionally, many transport authorities have a facility to add credit to your physical transport card without the ability to use an iPhone itself for travel. My own transport network is one of these; I can top up my card by touching it and my debit card to the phone but I must use my transport card at the faregate.
In all cases it is the transport authorities who determine what can and cannot be done.
Thank you ! Your link sent me searching and I have now learnt about "express transport" attached to the credit card that's in the wallet and that I can use that in some countries (eg London, UK) that allow tap in/tap out.
Take care.
Adding travel cards to wallet
