Tap To Pay Questions

[artnbarb]

I've set up (different) credit cards on each of our phones so we can tap to pay on the Tube in London. I know we need to turn on NFC, but do I turn it off after each use? Or at the end of each day? Or can it stay on all the time? Other than battery drain, us there anything else I need to know? TIA

 

[Gillaspiewoods]

I’m not sure that you can even turn off NFC on the newer phones, can you? Even if so, i don’t see a reason to do that. One bit of advice tho: be sure that you use the same card to exit the tube that you used to enter it; if you use different cards, it won’t register correctly and you’ll get charged for crossing all nine zones of metro London.

 

[artnbarb]

Yes it can be turned on and off, which is why I asked. I've rarely needed to use NFC, so it's always off. Seems like in London it'll be a good idea to keep it on.

Anyone know of the Paris Metro uses the same system?

 

[PatrickLondon]

No, it doesn't, at least not on the access gates. You will need a Navigo of some variety, or you can still get paper tickets from the staffed service point for the time being

https://www.ratp.fr/en/titres-et-tarifs

 

[PatrickLondon]

Spoke too soon. In Paris, you have to buy tickets electronically which you can load on to a Navigo card or smartphone or smartwatch (metro and bus/tram tickets count separately). But there isn't a London-style direct once-a-day withdrawal from your bank account - you have to decide in advance how many tickets to buy. You can still buy paper tickets for the time being, but ideally they'd like to get rid of them.