Can I tap my credit card for CTA?

If you have a credit or debit card with the contactless payment symbol ( ), you can pay-as-you-go by touching your card to a reader or even create a Ventra Transit Account on that card, and load value and passes onto that. In other words, a card already in your wallet could be the only card you need to carry!



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Remember payment for bus fare in Chicago can be done through a Ventra ticket or cash only (exact change needed). NOTE: NO credit card payments and NO change from the driver on buses. If you use the new Ventra App, you can present your digital pass to the driver and get on board that way.

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If you ride CTA even once a year, you should pick up a Ventra Card (or use a personal, contactless bankcard) and load Transit Value or passes onto that. The new Ventra Card is a sturdy, hard plastic card you tap to a reader when boarding and keep indefinitely.

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Use your iPhone or Apple Watch to pay your fare on CTA and Pace using transit value or passes.

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Use your iPhone or Apple Watch to pay your fare on CTA and Pace using transit value or passes.

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Make sure your device is turned on (it doesn't need to be connected to the internet). As you approach a fare gate or board a bus, do one of the following: On an iPhone with Face ID: Double-click the side button, then glance at iPhone to authenticate with Face ID, or enter your passcode.

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You can use your iPhone to pay for your fare with a payment card in Apple Pay or a transit card stored in the Wallet app .

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Yes. You can still ride using your debit or credit card in Apple Wallet for a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) fare on CTA and Pace – no Ventra app or Ventra Card in Apple Wallet is needed. Just tap your iPhone or Apple Watch on the yellow target and go, when you see the green Go.

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You can't tap on a bus with a credit card, but you can link a credit card to an online account or use it to buy a ticket at a pay station.

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Tap On, Tap Off is as simple as it sounds, you tap on by placing your contactless bank card or enabled device onto the ticket machine reader when you board the bus and tap off on the designated card reader when you leave.

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