I had the same Barclaycard offer, I used ApplePay to pay for groceries in Sainsburys.
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I had the same Barclaycard offer, I used ApplePay to pay for groceries in Sainsburys.
Sainsbury’s are one of the retailers that do allow payments over £30. Unfortunately, there are still quite a lot that do not.
Plenty do though, I was replying to @Ifti who was saying he couldn’t use the £10 cash back offer from Barclaycard.
Sainsburys was the option I used, Lidl, Aldi, Morrisons, Ikea, Iceland, WH Smith and M&S (plus more I haven’t thought of) could be used as well.
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I work for Tesco but will have to use the same Barclaycard offer at either Morrison’s or Sainsbury’s seeing as we’re still waiting for the roll out of Apple Pay >£30 that’s been slated as launching this year.
Will be s0d’s law the offer expires and it gets the go ahead!
Will be s0d’s law the offer expires and it gets the go ahead!
It is a shame that Tesco are so late to the party, especially as they seem to be so concerned about Lidl and Aldi who have taken higher payments for ages. But better later than never.
I’m not sure that would work as it relies on them scanning the barcode on the phone screen.
Yes, it should work, as it uses a QR code.
The Clubcard on anyone’s. Apple Watch is also QR so I’m unsure as to why it’s not been extended to Pay+.
I can understand if the Apple Watch had no form of biometric security but given that you have to be wearing it, or at least know the passcode.
The cashier in my local Texaco petrol station seems to think they accept Apple Pay over £30 so might use the Barclaycard offer there.
The Clubcard on anyone’s. Apple Watch is also QR so I’m unsure as to why it’s not been extended to Pay+.
I can understand if the Apple Watch had no form of biometric security but given that you have to be wearing it, or at least know the passcode.
The cashier in my local Texaco petrol station seems to think they accept Apple Pay over £30 so might use the Barclaycard offer there.
Just the same as the Nectar card and Shell drivers card I think one of the main sticking points for Wallet adoption could be that the stores want customers using their apps to see the (sometimes sponsored) products and corresponding advertisements offered in the app.
Not sure about you but as soon as I can get a store pass into Wallet I tend to delete the app!
You could well be right on that point, but then again I only use the Tesco pay as it's easy to pay with compared to using another method and scanning the Club Card in the wallet. At least it's a one stop operation.
I've never considered doing that
Well I impressed a car salesman last night! Paid a £500 deposit for a car with Apple Pay. He was amazed!
No, with a physical card machine that was set up to take high value transactions with Apple Pay.
Very interesting, you’d never know though. I thought contactless was mostly restricted to £30 all over the UK.
I used Apple Pay on London Underground this weekend for the first time. I have to say it’s so sleek. No issues at all. I used my Apple Watch.
Contactless is, ApplePay isn’t if set up properly.
Lots of retailers have ApplePay (which allows >£30 transactions) rather than just contactless.
Is there a difference in experience when you try to pay above £30?! On a few occasions I’ve manage to pay over £30 by bringing the phone close to the terminal but most of the times it just failed. Not sure which retailers actually allow above £30 to be honest.
really?! For the first time?! It’s been there since ages!Many retailers who implement ApplePay have been noted in this thread.
There’s isn’t any way to tell whether it’s just contactless or ApplePay without trying and seeing what happens (that I can think of), but the majority of supermarkets for example, are ApplePay (Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl, Co-Op, M&S) with Tesco apparently on the way, only really leaving Asda out. There are many other retailers if you read back a bit.
I usually buy a monthly pass as I travel in from outside London. I’m on annual leave for a lot of feb so I won’t be buying a pass this month. So I finally got to try it out.Wowreally?! For the first time?! It’s been there since ages!
Don’t know if you’ve been and tried it out, but yes, they do; when I took my iMac to the High Cross in Leicester I used it for over £30.