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  1. Transferring from one debit card to another with a Senior account. It is easy enough to add a payment method, but shifting senior status from one card to the other requires a call to Customer sevrice, then wait 2 business days for it to take effect.
  2. This is how Eagle Team and Fare-Capping meet. It ain't nice: https://hellgatenyc.com/the-mtas-farebeating-crackdown-on-buses-is-a-mess
  3. They can hasten the process by stopping the silliness that one must have a senior Metrocard in order to get a senior OMNY account. I had to get one, which took months by mail, it will never see the light of day, only to use its serial number to apply to OMNY for my debit card. So they require a new Metrocard to convert to OMNY, while they are trying to get rid of Metrocard infrastucture. Makes sense only in MTA
  4. Nobody cares what they do in other countries, or even Philadelphia. Taking time to queue up to tap out at stations won't be tolerated.
  5. Why do they have to implelment it on LIRR and MN if Metrocard goes away ? I don't see making everyone tap in and out at every station as something the public will accept, then stick stanchions up everywhere.
  6. For that reason, I opened a no min balance, no fee checking account at Citizens Bank ("One Deposit") for just this purpose. If they hack it , they won't get very far.
  7. Why not just use a bank debit card and screw them and their OMNY card and machines ?
  8. Will they ever resolve posting Trip History, or is that an insurmountable obstacle for this $700 million project ?
  9. Get something like this and attach to belt reel so it won't crack: https://www.amazon.com/Bluemoona-Pcs-Frosted-Horizontal-Business/dp/B015DMR6F6/ref=sr_1_16_mod_primary_new?crid=4YWRIBC2VC3B&keywords=rigid%2Bcredit%2Bcard%2Bholder&qid=1699022201&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sprefix=rigid%2Bcredit%2Bcard%2Bholder%2Caps%2C65&sr=8-16&th=1
  10. 2) Why is this happening? In an effort to improve customer experience, the Port Authority of NY & NJ (PANYNJ) is collaborating with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to unite their separate payment systems, through OMNY, allowing customers to travel seamlessly to and from John F. Kennedy International Airport as well as through the New York public transportation system. 3) What does OMNY have to do with this? OMNY is the contactless fare payment system for public transportation in the New York region. Over time OMNY plans to unify New York’s subways, buses paratransit and commuter rails. AirTrain JFK is OMNY’s newest addition through partnership with the Port Authority. For more information about OMNY, visit https://omny.info/ Do note what they did NOT say: PATH is not specifically mentioned above.
  11. That is a silly article. So what if Long Island and Orange County have different fare structures. Nobody in the Hamptons cares what it costs to go to Port Jervis. They are different markets with varying demand with differing cost structures. What is merging fare zones going to accomplish other than causing huge cliffs from one zone to the next, causing people to drive closer in ? Look at the jump from Zone 4 to 7 and 12 to 14 on the LIRR, who went overboard merging fare zones in the 19780's. None of that has anything to do with OMNY. OMNY is here to serve us, not for us to serve OMNY. They make like OMNY are the holy tablets to abide by.
  12. Airtrain turnstiles look easy to jump. Does anyone do it ? Far more benefical to avoid a $8.25 fare over a $2.90 one.
  13. PATh already has a tap card that can be replenished on one's PC. I don't see any reaosn to change it other than to use one's bank card or phone. That alone is not worth spending $99.4 million to replace.
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