experimentjon t1_jaq6zpz wrote on March 3, 2023 at 6:44 AM

Does anyone know if there is an OMNY card with EasyPay (auto reloads) enabled? That would be the best because then it would work with the Wageworks card (pre-tax funds) for ultimate convenience.

Right now, because Wageworks doesn't play well with Apple Pay, I'm still swiping my EasyPayXxpress Metrocard that is linked to Wageworks, and am slightly bummed every time I take more than 12 rides a week.

manticorpse t1_jar407q wrote on March 3, 2023 at 1:28 PM

Yeah, you can do this.

Go get yourself an OMNY card (at CVS/Duane Reade/the NY Transit Museum/etc).
Go to https://omny.info/ and make an account.
Add your OMNY card to your wallet as a travel card.
Add your Wageworks card to your account as a payment method.
In your wallet on the website, select your OMNY card. Choose "Set up reload" > "Scheduled reload". You can choose to reload whatever amount you want either monthly or weekly, as well as the day of the month/week you want the reload to happen.
On the last page, select your Wageworks card as the payment method.

When I had Wageworks I had it set up to pull all of my pretax funds into my OMNY account a day or two after it landed in my Wageworks account. I spent like 6 months never having to think about running out of time or money, never needing to buy any passes or recharge anything. It was heaven. Then my employer switched to Voya and it's been nothing but trouble. :( Hoping I can work out the kinks to make it all automatic again....

experimentjon t1_jarh64c wrote on March 3, 2023 at 3:12 PM

Legendary. Will do this for next week. Thank you for the guide!

Cinnie_16 t1_jaq8ko8 wrote on March 3, 2023 at 7:03 AM

Bruhhhh!!! This is literally me. I hope wageworks either negotiates something with Apple Pay soon or create a chipper card because the easypauXxpress metrocard aren’t going to work after they take away all the swipe machines, which I read they are going to start phasing out soon 🤦🏻‍♀️

ShadownetZero t1_jb3pulj wrote on March 6, 2023 at 4:52 AM

You can already use your transit/commuter card with OMNY cards.

Cinnie_16 t1_jb3th16 wrote on March 6, 2023 at 5:30 AM

Yes, but what I’m looking forward to (and what experimentjon is talking about) is an auto reloading function/feature. Previously if you connect the commuter card to EasyPauXxpress metrocard it was automated. But I don’t think OMNY cards has auto reload feature yet?

ShadownetZero t1_jb3yy53 wrote on March 6, 2023 at 6:33 AM

I think they've always had them. At least since I got mine last year.