Q: How do you add rewards cards to Apple Wallet?

Nearly every credit card or rewards card has it's own little quirk for adding it to Apple Pay. Keep in mind, not all are compatible or not able to be added to Apple Pay. For example, Starbucks Card must be done through the Starbucks App, which needs to be downloaded to your device. Thereafter, open Apple Wallet and follow the directions, "NEXT" located at the top right hand corner of Wallet. It's imperative that your when your name comes on the Wallet App, that it reads just like your Panera account. I.E, if you have a Discover Card that reads your legal name on the face (John F Smith), then that name on the Apple Wallet must be the same before scanning/reading the card. If it does not match, then at the end of the adding process, a pop window will read, contact issuer or try again. I hope this helps?

I am not sure Panera has it available yet to add to Wallet. I was looking and trying to do the same thing, but I have yet to find where it will let you add your rewards card onto Wallet yet. Hopefully soon with an update it will come!

I think he's looking for the new functionality that was announced during WWDC, where (in the case of Panera, for instance) your loyalty program is applied automatically when you tap to pay for your stuff.

Apple had shown many Reward Cards and Credit Cards in the last WWDC but the fact is that there are only few reward cards/loyalty cards which can be added to your Apple Wallet right now. More will be coming by this fall as I have read somewhere online.

They all work differently.

For example in case of Starbucks and DD,

1.) Buy gift cards (or if you have then simply add them) from respective stores. Minimum amount for Starbucks is 10 $ and Dunkin' Donut is 5 $. You can use them to pay for your own coffee.

2.) Make accounts for both stores online or via App Store applications.

3.) Add your respective gift cards in both applications.

4.) For DD, select "My Card" on bottom left corner in mobile application and add your gift card over there.

5.) For Starbucks select "PAY"  option on top left corner of the mobile application and add your gift card over there.

6.) After that you will see an option to add them in your wallet in respective application.

In case of Walgreens,

1.)  You just need to add your reward card in it's iOS application on your account.

2.)  Go to Balance Rewards on the home screen of the application.

3.) You will see your Walgreens balance rewards there.

4.) Select "Add to Passbook" below it. (Yes. App is still showing passbook instead of wallet.)

Sometimes you will see blank screen on your Walgreen home screen. In that case delete the app and reinstall it. This will work.

I will let you know about more updates as they comes out.

Hope so this is helpful to you.

Thank you.

What's interesting about that is that the Apple site says you should be able to add myPanera to the Wallet.

http://www.apple.com/apple-pay/

Down towards the bottom where it says "It’s easy to reap the rewards".   I can't find a way inside the Panera app to get the card in there.

I can not find how to add Panera either On the other hand it does not say anything about Apple Pay in iTunes. It only says Apple Watch.

Does this mean that Apple no longer supports adding arbitrary cards via third party apps like LifeLock Wallet which was possible with the original PassBook?  I have a bunch of membership (non-rewards) type cards like AAA and cards from local supermarkets which were entered with the camera or by hand via LifeLock Wallet or its predecessor Lemon Wallet. I see no interface to add cards like that in the current Apple Wallet (iOS 9). Has Apple given up on the idea of an open wallet/passbook implementation?

My question is specifically about cards that do not have associated apps. (As it turns out, AAA does, as I found out via the App Store's "Browse for Wallet Apps" feature.) Since posting above, I learned that LifeLock withdrew its app due to security concerns and supposedly deleted all it data, but the Wallet (formerly PassBook) cards it created are still on my iPhone.

And now the App Store does not seem to have any apps that allow you to add arbitrary cards to Wallet. There are apps like Mobile Pocket, Stocard, and Key Ring, but they are each standalone and do not add your card to Apple Wallet. It seems that Apple has closed and locked down the Wallet system, which is too bad if true. 

I spoke to Panera support chat and to Apple support. Neither of them have any idea how to get this to work and each referred me to the other.  

Starbucks works, though.

I've only use apple pay to refill my Starbucks card inside of the Starbucks mobile app. I'll have to try using it at a store. I aways purchase drinks on my Starbucks card to get the rewards, though. I never pay for a drink directly with Apple Pay.

What I'm gathering from this is that even though Apple says it does rewards cards/loyalty cards, it really only does a very limited number store credit cards and maybe a gift card or two of the mag-stripe kind.

I was hoping to move all of my Key Ring app cards over to Wallet, but I guess that's not possible. I like Key Ring, I just always prefer to reduce the number of apps I have whenever possible. #clutter

It's up to the businesses that operates the rewards program to make then available.  There are two possible ways the the retailer can make rewards card available.  They can add them to wallet/passbook with a scan code.  If their CC terminal will support it, the information can be passed using NFC (Walgreens offers this).

Apple does not support all of the possible bar code types in Wallet/Passbook, so companies like CVS that use a UPC type can't add theirs.

Walgreens is the only one that I'm currently aware of that offers the capability to send your rewards information to the POS using NFC.

Which fall would that be?