Mastercard tap in TransitLink

[JC2015]

Why not make noise? $1 is still money. If the system sucks nets should fix it or refund ppl.

IMO the only reason to use it in the past was no reload fee. But since ezlink has removed the reload fee, no compelling reason to use it now.

To me the reason to use is not to lockup money in an EZLink card

 

[mdax23]

Only for trains. Just let it be and don't make too much noise. Missing entry/exit for buses will cost you the entire fare.

Maybe he use 77cent nia ma

 

[hyperbole]

Why not allowed to make noise if they are deducting more than they should? Not our fault that their systems are ****

 

[lowbottgames]

Better to just use EZ-Link or NETS FlashPay.

 

[bin8lee]

I have been getting "Missing Entry" and "Missing Exit" at least once a week since beginning of August. This have never happen to me until recently.

Guess ABT is starting to be less reliable.

Use mastercard for bus and use ezlink for mrt

 

[act333]

Wow. TXs posted today and all my missing entries and exits auto-reconciled, correctly too. Guess they had the info on their end all along

 

[chiokcc]

Use mastercard for bus and use ezlink for mrt

If you have to transfer between MRT and bus, best to stick with one mode of payment.

Past 1+ month using ABT, seems to have less problem already....

 

[Shinji Kagawa]

I had quite a few missing entrances/exits and each deduct $1 for such an occurrence. Is it supposed to be $1?

Pardon my ignorance, these missing entrances/exit charges are found under your transaction history?

I was trying to find out if I got wrongly charged too, but cant seem to find such transactions(lucky me?)

Mind sharing how such transaction looks like?

 

[RangerSnake]

Pardon my ignorance, these missing entrances/exit charges are found under your transaction history?

I was trying to find out if I got wrongly charged too, but cant seem to find such transactions(lucky me?)

Mind sharing how such transaction looks like?

It will show either a missing entry or a missing exit. As the system does not know the entry or exit, they are not able to charge the exact fare and charge $1 instead. If your ride is more than $1 then you gain.

 

[Shinji Kagawa]

It will show either a missing entry or a missing exit. As the system does not know the entry or exit, they are not able to charge the exact fare and charge $1 instead. If your ride is more than $1 then you gain.

Thanks, I guess its been so far so good for me. Im using icbc global travel card.

 

[dd_se7en]

may i know is it still unreliable? and i have to keep switch between ezlink function and CC function?

say i tap in mrt, tap out mrt, go fairprice want to tap to pay, possible? or i have to go machine change to CC mode to pay in fairpice in order to charge to my CC

 

[stylechap]

may i know is it still unreliable? and i have to keep switch between ezlink function and CC function?

say i tap in mrt, tap out mrt, go fairprice want to tap to pay, possible? or i have to go machine change to CC mode to pay in fairpice in order to charge to my CC

Still the same, my card spoilt recently.
You can go straight to ntuc to use because they're different wallet.
One is paypass, another is cepas

 

[chiokcc]

My Maybank F&F died on me today. After which I try to use its PayPass function at Watsons, also no good.

Called customer service, told me to try using the "smart chip" function for payment and claimed that it may be able to reset the PayPass component. So I went to downstairs Fairprice, neither the "smart chip" nor PayPass work. Meaning the claim was wrong.

Called customer service again, request a new card to be send to me without issue.

One interesting info provided by the first customer service officer is that LTA set a limit on the number of "wave" allowed for bus and MRT rides. I requested this number and I was given "1024".

I did a quick estimate. The previous time I requested a new card when it failed on me was early June. Till today, it's around 5.5 months. I use average 6 tap-in/out a day, so its approximately 6x30x5.5 = 990 for this particular card, which is very near 1024.

Somehow, if this "1024" thingy is true, some how this is killing the card? Just a personal observation.....

 

[tkl23786]

I have also encountered the ABT not working anymore issue last week. Completely unable to use the card for buses and trains. Even Paypass cannot be used. Called TransitLink and was also informed about the risk management security reason. Had to go to the bank and be re-issued with a brand new card and register the card in the ABT portal and wait couple of days to activate the ABT function.

 

[oceanicmanta]

i have been using DBS/POSB Mastercards on ABT and so far all 3 cards working fine past 1month +

 

[kashanai]

OCBC has a promo now for 1 month, gonna try ABT for the first time on the Titanium Rewards card.

12 miles per $1.

 

[chiokcc]

My Maybank F&F died on me today. After which I try to use its PayPass function at Watsons, also no good.

Called customer service, told me to try using the "smart chip" function for payment and claimed that it may be able to reset the PayPass component. So I went to downstairs Fairprice, neither the "smart chip" nor PayPass work. Meaning the claim was wrong.

Called customer service again, request a new card to be send to me without issue.

One interesting info provided by the first customer service officer is that LTA set a limit on the number of "wave" allowed for bus and MRT rides. I requested this number and I was given "1024".

I did a quick estimate. The previous time I requested a new card when it failed on me was early June. Till today, it's around 5.5 months. I use average 6 tap-in/out a day, so its approximately 6x30x5.5 = 990 for this particular card, which is very near 1024.

Somehow, if this "1024" thingy is true, some how this is killing the card? Just a personal observation.....

Got my replacement card within 3 working days. Countdown to 1024th tap-in/out starts today ....

 

[JC2015]

Got my replacement card within 3 working days. Countdown to 1024th tap-in/out starts today ....

Don't just tap, have a "dip" transaction in between. It resets the counter

 

[JuniorLion]

Don't just tap, have a "dip" transaction in between. It resets the counter

What kind of "dip" transaction works? Does online spending on the card work?

 

[Mach3.2]

What kind of "dip" transaction works? Does online spending on the card work?

Dip as in use the chip on the card.