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SgtSlice t1_jarac2j wrote

Reply to comment by tommarshfield in My OMNYCard design by NYCBikeLanes

OMNY is just the payment interface itself. You can literally just tap your credit card at any subway entrance, no phone involved. Or you can bring up Apple Pay and use that at an OMNY interface, or you can buy a physical OMNY card and load that with funds.

There is nothing to set up on your phone. This message wasn’t clearly communicated.

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sixgunbuddyguy t1_jatvuco wrote

I've tried explaining this to so many people convinced they need to buy a metrocard or download some app. you don't even need apple/android pay. LITERALLY ANY RFID/TAP ENABLED CARD WORKS.

I think the only real benefit to the physical card is if you need to pay for it a special way like with pre-tax benefits or other monetary assistance, and you don't want to rely on your phone battery never going dead. Outside of basically that one condition, you can either use the OMNY app and reload however you need to, or just use any tappable credit card and get the discount if you use it enough.

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SgtSlice t1_jau1nsl wrote

Yea I think the marketing and interface were confusing for a lot of people.

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