Riding MRT in Taipei with credit card

[Marco]

@Taiwan_Luthiers

What are you going to buy with 49nt? It’s quite a bit of weight in your pocket, especially in this weather.

Lots of stuff cost under $49

@Taiwan_Luthiers

You buy other stuff with cash but you always end up with 49, 88, or 99nt in your pocket, because the amount just never, ever mesh up.

Then maybe you need to adjust your spending habits. Cause this never happens lol

@Taiwan_Luthiers

It would be nice to do away with cash.

We shouldn’t have to suffer because of your inability to use cash.

[BigDave]

Just flew to the UK. Want a trolly for your luggage? 2 quid and to make matters worse, touchless payment only. Don’t worry, get some chocolate from the vending machine to cheer you up. Touchless payment again. Annoying.

[slawa]

@BigDave

Touchless payment again. Annoying.

I would still touch it to defy the establishment.

[BigDave]

Contactless not touchless i should have said.

Annoying either way

[fifieldt]

Q) If one has one of those credit cards with an embedded easycard, what happens on tap after this is implemented?

[Mataiou]

I do believe they will split the readers, so different sensors for different cards:

• one for easycard/ipass
• one for credit/debit cards
• qr code reader

Like it’s already on the TAOYUAN airport MRT

[Taiwan_Luthiers]

The problem is all these credit and debit cards with embedded RFID chip that makes it harder to use your easy card because the reader gets a stroke when it sees more than 1 RFID devices. Better solution is integrate it all into one card. Or lots of aluminum foil pouches.

[SuperS54]

@fifieldt

Q) If one has one of those credit cards with an embedded easycard, what happens on tap after this is implemented?

There’s different areas on the turnstyle for the various payment types;

@Taiwan_Luthiers

The problem is all these credit and debit cards with embedded RFID chip that makes it harder to use your easy card because the reader gets a stroke when it sees more than 1 RFID devices.

No it doesn’t.

[Joebie]

The Tamsui LRT is the same way.

[Mataiou]

But wouldn’t be amazed if the high echelons of Taipei bureaucracy screw up this. Have 0 confidence in this administration

[Taiwan_Luthiers]

I’m not sure I can have confidence in any administration, but at least there are infrastructures that works.

[Mataiou]

@Taiwan_Luthiers

but at least there are infrastructures that works.

not of their doing.

[Mataiou]

Just saw at Dahu Park station, maybe this will be the new type of turnstiles for qr and card payments?

[Mataiou]

Easier travels: Tokyo’s 3 train lines accept contactless card payment

In Tokyo too they are moving on this, albeit slowly (as usual) and with limited coverage atm.

In Fukuoka I did pay on their metro with card.

This mentally would put more pressure on the incredibly absent Taipei administration (only good to appear next to Chinese delegations…) and the MRTC.

[AvaiVayayana]

@Taiwan_Luthiers

The problem is all these credit and debit cards with embedded RFID chip that makes it harder to use your easy card because the reader gets a stroke when it sees more than 1 RFID devices

Always with any of my cards the reader uses the easycard and shows this.
Never been confused with my credit card.

[Mataiou]

I was right, they finally announced it!

New metro ticket gates to open in October - Taipei Times

Finally Taipei to join most of its peers in the region and top transit cities.

I hope ppl will use the NFC payments more than QR code, they really work much worse at turnstiles than touch&go.

So October will be the new era for Taipei MRT.