How to use Apple Pay: Everything you need to know
SourceTfL warns Londoners they face penalty fares paying for tube journeys with Apple Pay
Tube passengers using Apple Pay face penalty fares if their iPhone or Apple Watch runs out of battery, warned Transport for London (TfL) today.
Anyone using Apple’s mobile payment app to travel on the underground, trains and buses must ensure their device has enough charge to show ticket inspectors they have paid for their journey, said TfL.
The transport operator has accepted Apple Pay as a contactless payment method since its launch on 14 July, but told passengers they would be charged the maximum fare if their device dies in the middle of a journey, meaning they cannot use it to ‘touch out’ at the end.
If ticket inspectors cannot read dead iPhones or Apple Watches on their readers, passengers will be forced to pay penalty fares, TfL added.
A page on TfL’s website read: “Your iPhone or Apple Watch must be switched on to use it to travel. You should also check that you have enough battery on your iPhone or Apple Watch to complete your journey.”
People must also stick to either their iPhone or Apple Watch when tapping in and out with Pay, as TfL’s ticket barriers will not register one journey using multiple devices.
The problem is a result of Apple Pay’s security measure to stop card details being stolen – instead of releasing card details to a payee when a transaction occurs, Pay issues a unique ID for each separate transaction.
That means it would issue one for an iPhone, and a separate one for an Apple Watch, even if they were both used on the same journey.
TfL added: “If you keep a contactless payment or Oyster card in your phone case, you should remove it before using your iPhone to touch in and out. If you don’t, you could pay for your travel with a card you did not intend to pay with.”
Reports of Apple Pay users getting into trouble on the tube have already emerged, with people saying sweaty fingers have given Touch ID difficulty registering fingerprints, as well as blaming Pay for taking longer to register at a barrier than Oyster cards.
Apple Pay launched today in the UK, allowing people to swap their credit and debit cards for quicker payments made via iPhone or Apple Watch.
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