To earn public transport offers and rewards and find insight into your public transport activity, you can link a public transport loyalty card to your debit or credit card in Google Wallet.
Who can use a public transport loyalty card in Google Wallet:
- Currently only available in the UK for Brighton and Hove.
- One public transport loyalty card can be linked to only one debit or credit card. If you use another debit or credit card, you must delete your existing public transport loyalty card and create a new public transport loyalty card when invited.
Get set up to add a public transport loyalty card
- Add a debit or credit card to Google Wallet. You will need to connect your public transport loyalty card to this payment method.
- To add a public transport loyalty card, the Personalisation within Wallet setting must be turned on. To enable this setting:
- On your phone, open the Google Wallet app
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- At the top right, tap your profile picture or account
Your data in Wallet
- Turn Personalisation within Wallet on.
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Your data in Wallet Add a public transport loyalty card
Frequent commuters will be invited to add a loyalty card through an option under their debit or credit card in Google Wallet.
- On your phone, open the Google Wallet app
- Under your debit or credit card, find the option to add a loyalty card for your public transport provider.
- If there's no option to add a public transport loyalty card, your public transport provider may not be supported for loyalty cards in Google Wallet.
- Tap Get started.
- Tap Continue.
- Review the terms and tap Continue.
- Tap View in Wallet.
Remove a public transport loyalty card
Important: When you remove a public transport loyalty card, it won't remove the debit or credit card from Google Wallet.
- Open Google Wallet app
- Scroll to your passes.
- Tap the public transport loyalty card
Find public transport info
With a public transport loyalty card, you can find info in Google Wallet, which includes:
- The debit or credit card connected to the loyalty card
- Progress toward rewards like rides at no charge
- Total amount saved over time
- Recent trips and activity
To find public transport info in Google Wallet:
- Open Google Wallet app
- Scroll to your passes.
- Tap the public transport loyalty card.
Tip: For more info about terms and caps, contact the public transport agency.
Troubleshoot issues
Do I need to use a public transport loyalty card to pay for public transport with Google Wallet?
- No, you don't need to use a public transport loyalty card to use Google Wallet to pay for public transport. Learn more about using Google Wallet for transportation.