Hey!
What is your take on mobile myki in Melbourne?. I have been using since they officially launch it on Google Pay and have to say its good,simple to use i also started putting my card in there to use their tap and pay service.Hoping to see this implemented on Apple soon.
I think you have to initially put $10 into Mobile myki
but I am not sure how easy it is to claim the unused amount back
Yes but you get $10 credit back, vs paying $7 just for the card with zero credit.
I was surprised by QLD and their Go Cards. It was a $10 deposit which I got back as long as I didn't top up at a station, and when I returned the card I even got the balance of the card given to me in cash + the $10.
I certainly was expecting to lose the balance to the rail gods.
Maybe QLD is just more tourist friendly.
I'm a pretty casual PT user in Melbourne, I take PT about once every two weeks. Been absolutely seamless for me so far. Taps on really fast every time, and it's one less card to carry now.
AUD$2B++ for this myki system.
For that price, the app should be paying me to take public transport.
Works well enough, instant top ups &
Quick taps in/out the gates
The other day, I depleted my mobile myki balance to negative, and because there's no card creation fee unlike the physical card, I just deleted the card. Create another one. No need to pay back the negative balance
Convenient, but really depends on the scanner.
Some scanners seem to require more than a few seconds to scan, very annoying during peak hours.
In my area they updated the scanner its much faster now just depends on how i place the phone on the scanner
The Flinders St Station ones seem to scan as fast as a normal card.
But with other scanners, I have to hold my phone perfectly still in front of the scanner for maybe 3 seconds.
This. I catch the bus, and the ones with the new scanners are almost instantaneous. The earlier model scanners require you to have a very steady hand for 5 seconds which is frustrating.
As an occasional visitor to Melbourne, it's pretty convenient.
Similarly NSW allowing a contactless card to be used directly is pretty neat.
Now if we could just do SOMETHING more modern in SA, hate having to carry a dedicated card for PT…
Just went down as a tourist a couple of weeks ago, made life so easy, bought a weekly pass and added it to my google wallet, no issues at all in getting around the city on the trams
I think it works well. I don't use pt often and I much prefer it to using a card.
The best part is the recharging. I don't use pt often so I only load on what I need.
Great for visitors who have NFC capable Android phones; $7 for a Myki sucks (Perth is worse with their $10 SmartRider)