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[NSW] Opal Payment by Credit Card or Mobile Device Will Receive The Same Travel Benefits as an Adult Opal Card

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[NSW] Opal Payment by Credit Card or Mobile Device Will Receive The Same Travel Benefits as an Adult Opal Card
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niknah on 28/07/2019 - 17:13 transportnsw.info (3396 clicks)
Last edited 24/09/2019 - 10:14 by 2 other users

From tomorrow (Monday, 29 July) commuters using their credit card or mobile device to ‘tap on and off’ Opal enabled train, light rail, Sydney Metro, and ferry services will receive the same Opal travel benefits as they would using their adult Opal card.

This is an extension to the contactless transport payments trial run by Transport for NSW in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank, Cubic and Mastercard. The trial is also extending to the Sydney bus network in a staged roll-out over the coming months.

Update 24 Sept: Contactless payments are now available on buses as well

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Comments

  • alvian on 28/07/2019 - 17:24
    +51

    Except you miss out on 5% discount Opal recharge via Woolworths e-gift cards purchased through affiliate networks.

    • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2019 - 17:35
      +37

      I think it's great for us casual opal users. I hate having too much money banked up in there as I don't use it often and always have to worry about if I'm gonna lose it or if I'm forgetting to bring it. Having the convenience to pay with a credit/debit card is worth so much more than the $5 that I'll save over 2 years.
      I've been using my credit card for peak times simply cause it's just so much quicker than finding my opal card…

      • Love a bargain on 28/07/2019 - 17:39

        just need to register the opal card

        • ratoloko on 31/07/2019 - 09:58
          +2

          For what?? For the government knows every single place you went????
          Nahhhhhh thanks

          • Carnal on 01/08/2019 - 15:17
            +1

            @ratoloko: Because they totally wouldn't have that with your mobile phone or your credit card payment history…

          • payless69 on 02/08/2019 - 13:37

            @ratoloko: Donald to Scott: whiiiskyy is on a need to know basis, and he does not need to know

      • Xinjiang on 28/07/2019 - 18:09

        Do you have to register your credit card beforehand or just a simple tab and go?

        • Associatedb3au @ Transport for NSW on 28/07/2019 - 18:13
          +9

          Just tap and go - you'll only need to register if you want an activity statement or to query a charge.

          • aaron3 on 28/07/2019 - 21:58
            +1

            @b3au: How do you register a credit card?

          • zzzman on 29/07/2019 - 06:30

            @b3au: Register in my current opal online account?

            I’ll need to do that as I sometimes claim train travel costs for work to travel to meetings etc.

          • b0nd on 29/07/2019 - 08:18

            @b3au: Where do we register the CC? Don't see anything on opal website though.

          • Zenith2k3 on 29/07/2019 - 13:22

            @b3au: Can you use the same CC to pay for other family members, such as your children?

        • Bryanalves on 29/07/2019 - 08:13
          -7

          That's right. This isn't a deal as its not actually cheaper doing it this way (as 1st comment said you miss out on potential savings).

          Sharing information and perhaps convenience is not an ozbargain. Its just news/forum post.

          • ash2000 on 29/07/2019 - 08:54
            -1

            @Bryanalves:

            This isn't a deal

            210+ people are not in agreeance.

            • Bryanalves on 29/07/2019 - 09:57
              +5

              @ash2000: 210 people (including me) were made aware of this news which was useful to them, hence the upvote. They probably didn't save money though.

              • futureminime on 30/07/2019 - 09:05
                +1

                @Bryanalves: If you were going to use your credit card anyway you would save money, as it is a straight discount for those people. Arguably for a casual user you'd save money vs an opal card. If you just need to use 2 off-peak journeys (to and from a destination), or travel once on a sunday and then never again then you would be ahead as you'd otherwise have to load more onto an opal count which would sit unusable.

            • scupper on 29/07/2019 - 13:12

              @ash2000: Agreement?

      • jace88 on 28/07/2019 - 19:47

        Same. Too late for me though as I preloaded a bunch of credit on :( Hope it doesn’t ever expire.

    • Zackyis on 28/07/2019 - 17:36
      +19

      Or topping up via Coles so you can get the bonus points from those "spend $xx every week for 4 weeks" offers.

      • CyberMurning on 28/07/2019 - 17:59

        are you sure about this? opal recharge is eligible for those spend promos??????

        • brokeunistudent on 28/07/2019 - 18:07
          +8

          yes it is

        • potatostar on 28/07/2019 - 18:49

          Yep, do this all the time

        • SydneySwan on 28/07/2019 - 22:09
          +7

          Sssshhhhhhhh!

        • MagpieSilver on 29/07/2019 - 11:07
          +2

          Also worth knowing the maximum Opal balance you can have is $250. Thanks to Coles, It ends up there quite a bit.

        • meowmeowmeow on 29/07/2019 - 12:50
          +3

          Can confirm, just added $100 at Coles Word Square and got the "congrats on 10,000 pts" message on my receipt. Woohoo!

          • CyberMurning on 29/07/2019 - 15:50

            @meowmeowmeow: My offer is spend $50 and get 1,000 points?…. So sad

            • futureminime on 30/07/2019 - 09:10
              +1

              @CyberMurning: 10,000 point offers are 4 week recurring spends. Still, you should eventually get a spend $50 for 4 weeks get 10,000 points if you keep your spend in that basket range (if you spend more it will increase to Spend $60 or 70 etc

        • ClearRaindrops on 29/07/2019 - 18:46

          its not eligible for points at woolworths but it is for coles

      • meowmeowmeow on 28/07/2019 - 22:20
        +3

        Well damn. I need to spend $100 this week for week 4 of a 10,000 point campaign but am going away for the weekend. This nugget of information has been very timely. I'll trot off to Coles World Square tomorrow and throw $100 on my opal card! Thank you!

        • Jared17 on 29/07/2019 - 02:05

          Wow this is a bad deal by Coles. Not mocking or anything but I only need to spend $50 per week. You need to get your spending down I think so they will lower the amount to spend.

          • meowmeowmeow on 29/07/2019 - 07:24

            @Jared17: The last one I had was $50,it steadily increases to $100+ and then I ignore Coles for a few weeks and head back to Woolies. I spend $100ish a week on groceries anyway so I wouldn't call it a "bad deal".

          • ash2000 on 29/07/2019 - 10:18
            +4

            @Jared17: Indeed, this is why I have multiple flybuy cards. There is never any benefit to being a loyal customer. Same for ebay and most other companies.

            Make them think they've lost you, and the offers come flooding in.

            • meowmeowmeow on 29/07/2019 - 12:49

              @ash2000: I assume you can't link multiple flybuys cards to the same velocity account?

      • EphemeralEnigma on 28/07/2019 - 22:42

        Does Coles take eGift card for Opal top-ups?

        • virhlpool on 28/07/2019 - 23:56
          -3

          Yes, they do but only one Coles (Wynyard) in Sydney has Opal top-up facility - not sure why they aren't extending it to other Coles stores like Woolworths.

          • arunda on 29/07/2019 - 06:15
            +2

            @virhlpool: Coles in Neutral Bay does Opal top-ups too.

          • kerfuffle on 29/07/2019 - 06:50
            +5

            @virhlpool: Clearly you need to visit the rest of Sydney more apart from York St; there's many more Coles that do Opal top-ups.

          • moonphase on 29/07/2019 - 10:56

            @virhlpool: Big supermarkets does not seems to do Opal recharge if there's nearby small shop doing it.

            BTW, as many other mentioned, there should be more than one Coles doing this….

        • ClearRaindrops on 29/07/2019 - 19:15
          +2

          yes Coles do take eGift card for Opal top-ups. i always do that and can confirm that it works at both Coles Wynyard and Coles World Square

          • EphemeralEnigma on 30/07/2019 - 22:02

            @ClearRaindrops: Cool! Will go through them now especially if one can use it to meet the requirements for bonus points.

      • Jared17 on 29/07/2019 - 02:02

        Yeah this is good tip. i didn't know this works until reading here last month. Helped me with my Coles flybuys offer this month.

      • other guy on 29/07/2019 - 13:19
        +1

        I tried loading $130 opal credit at a coles and they said they could only load a maximum of $120 opal credit. Can anyone verify this limit?

        • kerfuffle on 29/07/2019 - 13:21
          +5

          They can technically do it by loading $120 and $10 but they're right in saying that you can't ask for $130.

          • other guy on 29/07/2019 - 13:24
            +1

            @kerfuffle: thanks for clarifying :)

            • kerfuffle on 29/07/2019 - 13:32

              @other guy: One of the sales assistants at Woolies Town Hall used to crack the shits at me when I asked for $160 every month.

              • other guy on 29/07/2019 - 13:36
                +1

                @kerfuffle: I'm definately going to try after work at Broadway Coles. The $130 spend for bonus points finishes today. I don't normally shop at Coles but will make an effort to top up my Opal when these bonus offers come round.

                • SnoozeAndLose on 29/07/2019 - 15:28

                  @other guy: Report back if Broadway Coles does top up

                  • kerfuffle on 29/07/2019 - 15:32

                    @SnoozeAndLose: They do.

                    Source: Work in the next street

                    • SnoozeAndLose on 29/07/2019 - 15:35

                      @kerfuffle: Thanks that means all Coles in the city does Top up, wondering if Parramatta Westfield store does top up too

                      • kerfuffle on 29/07/2019 - 15:39

                        @SnoozeAndLose: Broadway isn't the city though. I say that as someone who used to work in the city …

                        As for Parramatta Westfield, I don't think they do. Pretty sure both upstairs Woolies and downstairs Woolies do Opal top-ups (definitely upstairs)

                      • CyberMurning on 29/07/2019 - 15:39
                        +1

                        @SnoozeAndLose: Liverpool Coles does top up opal.

    • nfr on 28/07/2019 - 17:50

      Where can you recharge Opal with egift card?

      • alvian on 28/07/2019 - 17:51
        +3

        Woolworths Supermarket checkout counters (not self-service). WW stores that are near railway stations do Opal recharges. Look for Opal advertisement stickers on the back/top of the checkout monitors.

    • OzFrugie on 28/07/2019 - 20:10
      +1

      What affiliate networks are u talking about?

      • alvian on 28/07/2019 - 20:26
        +3

        Cashrewards, Shopback, etc. Anywhere that offers percentage off e-gift cards. They all work through an affiliate network on the backend.

  • [Deactivated] on 28/07/2019 - 17:28
    +7

    Wow, splendid, this mean I can carry one card less.

    • greater mimic on 29/07/2019 - 14:13

      If Perth ever gets this I can finally ditch my wallet when going to work.

  • Homr on 28/07/2019 - 17:36
    +4

    what? I never knew you can tap on an off using your credit card…..

    • BakerBen91 on 28/07/2019 - 17:40

      They brought it in at the end of last year/start of this year iirc, although previously you did not receive the weekly travel rewards making it useless for regular users. Now they are changing that starting tomorrow.

      • Homr on 28/07/2019 - 17:41
        -1

        What weekly travel rewards? I'm a very casual user

      • nfr on 28/07/2019 - 17:48

        How do they check if you tapped on using credit card?

        • Associatedb3au @ Transport for NSW on 28/07/2019 - 17:55
          +3

          Same way they check your normal Opal card - you present your card/device to the authorised officer. https://transportnsw.info/tickets-opal/opal/contactless-paym…

          • Munki on 28/07/2019 - 18:01
            +11

            @b3au: If I was a scamming man, I'd think of new ways to get onboard and "scan" people's credit cards…

            • nokia3660 on 28/07/2019 - 20:04

              @Munki: to be fair skimming a card through contactless is pretty difficult. Faking a real chip on a credit card is not that easy.

              p.s: It didn't let me comment unless it ticked the associated with the store check box.. weird.

              • Moderatormoocher on 29/07/2019 - 10:13

                @nokia3660: I've removed your association.

              • moonphase on 29/07/2019 - 11:01

                @nokia3660: well… it is true that there's many secure parts in there, credit card scanning is still happening. (People get charged for something they haven't purchased during oversea trips are still reported)

                I think it's hard to say it is safe until it is proven.

          • boretentsu on 28/07/2019 - 18:22
            +1

            @b3au: They tried to scan my amex on Google pay and gave up. Hmmm…

            • Gotchas on 28/07/2019 - 18:49

              @boretentsu: What happened? Their readers couldn’t read your card?

              • boretentsu on 28/07/2019 - 22:33

                @Gotchas: That's right. Due to time constraint and a busy carriage she gave up. I reckon I could have had a screenshot on the phone and she would have given up XD

      • Koffee on 28/07/2019 - 20:37

        It was the end of last year - It was a nice surprise stepping out of Sydney airport onto the train to see I Just needed to get out my phone to tap and go rather than having to buy into the whole Opal system for just a few days of travel.

    • klownvandamn on 28/07/2019 - 17:41
      +1

      I have accidentally done this few times.

    • RedSky on 28/07/2019 - 18:35
      +2

      Not to be snide, but how did you miss it?! They literally had sticker ads for it on every terminal.

      • Shwayne on 31/07/2019 - 15:06
        +1

        They might not travel in the city?

  • shortgum on 28/07/2019 - 17:43
    +7

    will use opal card to travel all day long. last time we have overcharge on day travel took more than 2 months they look into it and also unnessarily follow up emails to recify the issue. at least opal card will have instant travel data that you can check with app or opal site on what actually happened.

  • khell on 28/07/2019 - 17:44

    I don't think this is a deal, and you lose the Woolworths discount (5% minimum, more if you get discounted WISH cards - I currently have 10%) but about time. Ironic that Melbourne beat them to it with a virtual Myki.

    • first in line on 28/07/2019 - 17:53
      +20

      How is that ironic?

      • Munki on 28/07/2019 - 18:02
        +15

        It's ironic people use the word ironic not knowing what it really means.

      • khell on 28/07/2019 - 18:04
        +7

        It's ironic if you understand how terrible the Myki system is. The context is lost for people who aren't familiar with it.

      • RedSky on 28/07/2019 - 18:34

        It's ironic in an ironic way.

      • Matt P on 28/07/2019 - 18:39
        +19

        Its a free ride, when you've already paid

        • FullM3tal on 28/07/2019 - 19:54
          +4

          It's the good advice that you just didn't take…

      • peterpeterpumpkin on 28/07/2019 - 18:50
        +3

        Doncha think?

        It's a bit like…meeting the man of my dreams and then meeting his beautiful wife.

      • mooney on 28/07/2019 - 19:01
        +5

        It's like rain on your wedding day

        • brad1-8tsi on 29/07/2019 - 11:23
          +1

          It's actually like ray-yay-yain on your wedding day.

    • Associatedb3au @ Transport for NSW on 28/07/2019 - 18:14
      +3

      To be fair, contactless payments on trains, ferries & light rail have been around longer than Melbourne's Mobile Myki in Google Pay.

    • frugal investigator on 28/07/2019 - 18:31
      +8

      It’s a deal because you don’t have to buy an Opal card, especially for people like me who are interstate and visit Sydney often and have to find that damn opal card with money left on it

      • John Kimble on 28/07/2019 - 20:19
        +2

        Opal cards are free

        • danyool on 28/07/2019 - 20:32
          +7

          Yes - but just got to find the store 3 miles from the train station that actually sells one.
          (I know they have gotten better - but that was so weird that they didn't used to sell them at the stations)

          • Munki on 28/07/2019 - 22:52
            -5

            @danyool: Most stations have a newsagency that sells them?

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