From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 2:05:51 PM UTC-4, John Levine wrote:   
   > According to Peter T. Daniels :   
      
   > >> The web site says reduced fare OMNY cards will be shipped    
   > >> sometime this year:    
   > >> https://new.mta.info/fares/reduced-fare/omny   
   > >> >Credit card?    
   > >> Well, yeah. I already have all these plastic cards in my wallet. Why    
   > >> would I want another one?    
   > >And not pay-as-you-go? I can't imagine.   
   >   
   > Huh. In what sense do you believe that using a credit card is not PAYG?    
      
   You pay at the end of the month, not when you use the service.    
   When I take the NJT bus into the city, I use the ticket I buy from    
   the machine in the PABT. (After covid, there isn't a limit of 9 tickets    
   per transaction.)   
      
   The last time I put money on my MetroCard, it was just before the    
   discount was reduced, so my money goes farther than it would have    
   if I had waited a few weeks.   
      
   > I tap my card on the turnstile, a charge for $1.35 or whatever goes on    
   > my credit card bill which I pay at the end of the month. With a    
   > Metrocard or physical OMNY card you pay first, go later.   
      
   But I paid less than $1.35 for that ride, a while back (before covid,    
   of course).   
      
   It's not like the bank is paying me interest for keeping my money    
   in a checking or savings account.   
      
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