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 maintenance on 2023-11-29. If there is one constant in VISA’s block of Apple Pay Suica recharge with foreign issue cards […]
Help Desk - Transit
The ¥10 barrier-free train station tax fare increase
The railway station barrier-free fee system is “a Japanese railway fare system established with the aim of promoting barrier-free railway stations in urban areas” by leveraging a fee on urban railway users in Tokyo, Kansai and Fukuoka areas. It is a barrier-free train station tax if you will, added to […]
Mobile Transit
How much does Suica Off-Peak Commuter Pass really save you?
With the new train schedule and barrier-free transit tariff going into effect on March 18, current Suica Commuter pass users like myself who use the JRE POINT Off-Peak Commuter Point Service that ends this month, face a dilemma: does the Off-Peak Commuter Pass offer the same level of JRE POINT […]
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Bad Suica App reviews, real or urban legend?
Suica App user reviews are relentlessly bad, rip after rip of ‘this software sucks’. Never a good thing to say. Here’s the thing however, when you dig into the reviews most of them have little to do Suica App. It’s also really weird that many reviewers/users seem to think they […]
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Suica App 3D Secure authorization for all non-Apple Pay in-app purchases
More fallout from the VISA JP Apple Pay agreement: JR East announced they will implement 3D Secure in iOS Suica App, requiring authorization for all non-Apple Pay in-app purchases. Suica App is convenient because it works hand in glove with Apple Pay and app registered Japanese issue credit cards, giving […]