Anonymous
04/21/2022 17:30
Subject: Mobile SmarTrip
I think you can have multiple SmarTrips on your phone, but it might be a bit of a hassle to switch between them and tap/retap.
You can't tap more than one passenger in for a trip at a time, though -- because the fares vary depending on the specific trip (time/distance), it needs to track each entry separately, same as with the cards.
It's pretty easy for your guests to just download the app and get a card on their phone, but if you want to pay for their fares, you might have to buy additional cards for your own phone's app instead.
You can't tap more than one passenger in for a trip at a time, though -- because the fares vary depending on the specific trip (time/distance), it needs to track each entry separately, same as with the cards.
It's pretty easy for your guests to just download the app and get a card on their phone, but if you want to pay for their fares, you might have to buy additional cards for your own phone's app instead.
Anonymous
04/21/2022 15:01
Subject: Mobile SmarTrip
OK I have not been on the Metro since pre-COVID and am going to be taking it for the first time today with some out of town guests. I see now that you can have a SmartTrip on your mobile device. Is the mobile card like the plastic card such that you cannot swipe the card twice to enter a station? In other words, if I want to pay for myself and my guest, do we simply need to have my guest download a SmarTrip on her mobile phone as well and use it separately? Or can I use my card to get us both in?
Separately, can you have more than one SmartTrip on your phone? My friend has kids older than 5 -- can she buy three cards and just put them all on her phone?
Separately, can you have more than one SmartTrip on your phone? My friend has kids older than 5 -- can she buy three cards and just put them all on her phone?