Notice: this post describes the situation of December 2023, latest updates here. The very long non-JP VISA credit card block by the VISA payment network for adding money to Suica […]
Help Desk
Apple Pay Suica recharge workaround for non-JP VISA credit cards
Notice: The workaround outlined in this post stopped working for some with the iOS Suica App v3.2.2. update released on 2023-11-22, this appears to be fixed after Mobile Suica system […]
Help Desk
Inbound Mobile Suica Q&A
With more first time inbound visitors coming to Japan recently, there are many westerners experiencing highly integrated wide area public transit for the first time. This results in the same […]
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Move Suica to new iPhone
Apple Pay transit cards (Suica, PASMO, and ICOCA) and e-Money cards (WAON and nanaco) are different from Apple Pay payment cards in that a transit or e-Money card prepaid stored […]
Apple
Multi-device provisioning iOS 17 Wallet kills off Suica 2-step for good
The Apple support pages for adding transit cards and e-Money cards has a completely new updated section for transferring cards to a new iPhone: iOS 17 Setup Assistant automatically transfers […]
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Recover Suica and other transit or e-Money cards from a lost or wiped iPhone
The first thing to do if you have lost your iPhone is put the device in Lost Mode from another device using the same Apple ID or iCloud.com. Lost Mode […]