Apple Pay & Rewards Cards

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Apple Pay & Rewards Cards

We're supposed to be able to add rewards cards to Apple Pay, but what rewards cards, exactly, are eligible? Does it have to be an actual payment method that has some sort of rewards/perks associated with it? Or can it be a standalone rewards card, i.e. the cashier scans it and a discount is applied to your purchase? I'm trying to add the latter, without success. Using the camera method, it is not accepted even when the card is centered in the viewfinder, and using the manual method of entering the card number, it says that the card is not from an issuer that supports Apple Pay. In the list of supported cards, it only shows actual banks, not a single merchant with a rewards program.

Posted on Mar 28, 2016 8:14 PM

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Answer 1

ChitlinsCC

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Mar 28, 2016 8:41 PM in response to stevejobsfan0123

Interesting...

I get a Citi > Cash Back > Reward Card > Debit Card > Visa every year from my electric service company - SHORT expiration (6 months from receipt)

Methinks "debit card" is the operative classification (maybe?)

EDIT added

The Citi thru Visa are printed on the face of the card

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ChrisJ4203

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Mar 28, 2016 8:46 PM in response to stevejobsfan0123

My Walgreens card is in my Wallet, but it is not actually part of Apple Pay. It is listed under "Passes" instead of Pay, just like my Starbuck's card is. That is the only one I know of. At the bottom of the bank list Apple Pay participating banks and store cards - Apple Support It shows Kohl's department store card as one. I've not been able to load anything else. I've not seen a list anywhere either.

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Answer 3

Mar 28, 2016 8:48 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

ChrisJ4203 wrote:

At the bottom of the bank list Apple Pay participating banks and store cards - Apple Support It shows Kohl's department store card as one. I've not been able to load anything else. I've not seen a list anywhere either.

Hmmm, that's odd, are there really only two that support Apple Pay at this time? I would think that they wouldn't even roll out the feature until at least a good-sized handful of stores supported it.

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ChitlinsCC

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Mar 28, 2016 8:54 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

My reward card from Citi should then load right up (Citi is in the list) = too bad I'm not a iphone user to test 😝

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Answer 5

Apr 1, 2016 1:44 PM in response to stevejobsfan0123

I loaded my Kohl's card into Wallet, but I must say that Kohl's doesn't really make it easy. Unlike the other credit cards I added, they wanted a verification code, which never appeared. It took a phone call to Kohl's and a lengthy wait before someone there pushed a button or something and verified the card for me. I do find it very useful to have my loyalty cards in Wallet, in addition to credit cards. It's very easy to get to them when needed, and they take up no extra space in my physical wallet.

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Apr 1, 2016 1:50 PM in response to Sandra Foster

Hmmm, well that's annoying. But like you said, probably still more convenient in the end. Now did you add the card by tapping "+" next to Apple Pay, or did you add it from within the app, i.e. Walgreens:

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Answer 7

Apr 1, 2016 2:18 PM in response to stevejobsfan0123

It's been a while since I've added the loyalty cards I use, but I believe I added them from within their own apps. They usually have a button or link somewhere in there that asks if you want to do so.

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