Will Android Pay on my US Mobile Phone Work Outside the US?
Oct 22, 2015, 2:07 pm
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Will Android Pay on my US Mobile Phone Work Outside the US?
I've tried using the old Google Wallet outside the US (at contactless payment terminals in London), and the payments were rejected.
Anyone know if Android pay will work outside the US on a US based phone?
The one use that would be great would be the ability to use it on the London Undergound, which accepts contactless cards and Apple Pay in lieu of an Oyster Card but provides the same per day limit on charges that one gets with an Oyster card.
Anyone know if Android pay will work outside the US on a US based phone?
The one use that would be great would be the ability to use it on the London Undergound, which accepts contactless cards and Apple Pay in lieu of an Oyster Card but provides the same per day limit on charges that one gets with an Oyster card.
Oct 22, 2015, 4:03 pm
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I've tried using the old Google Wallet outside the US (at contactless payment terminals in London), and the payments were rejected.
Anyone know if Android pay will work outside the US on a US based phone?
The one use that would be great would be the ability to use it on the London Undergound, which accepts contactless cards and Apple Pay in lieu of an Oyster Card but provides the same per day limit on charges that one gets with an Oyster card.
Anyone know if Android pay will work outside the US on a US based phone?
The one use that would be great would be the ability to use it on the London Undergound, which accepts contactless cards and Apple Pay in lieu of an Oyster Card but provides the same per day limit on charges that one gets with an Oyster card.
Oct 22, 2015, 4:56 pm
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Oct 22, 2015, 5:39 pm
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I use an iPhone so I don't know for sure. I did scan my Nexus 7 though with an NFC reader and Android Pay did transmit a lot of the same stuff that Apple Pay does for cards from the official issuers, so I don't see why it wouldn't. The main thing is that the token has to be generated by the issuer and not by Bancorp.
Oct 22, 2015, 5:43 pm
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Assuming that the veto on international use was from Bancorp, and not from Google. Google might (or might not) have a blanket rule that Android Pay cannot be used internationally.
I use an iPhone so I don't know for sure. I did scan my Nexus 7 though with an NFC reader and Android Pay did transmit a lot of the same stuff that Apple Pay does for cards from the official issuers, so I don't see why it wouldn't. The main thing is that the token has to be generated by the issuer and not by Bancorp.
Oct 22, 2015, 5:47 pm
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I have BofA and AmEx on my Nexus 7 as well as a grandfathered card. FWIW the Bancorp T&C explicitly prohibits non-US use while the other two mentioned nothing about it.
Oct 22, 2015, 5:50 pm
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That sounds hopeful - hope you are right and it works.
Now if only Capital One would get onto Android Pay with its no foreign currency fee cards, that would be great (although for now Capital One wallet has the NFC capabilities and allows payment with the phone.)
Now if only Capital One would get onto Android Pay with its no foreign currency fee cards, that would be great (although for now Capital One wallet has the NFC capabilities and allows payment with the phone.)
Oct 22, 2015, 5:59 pm
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The only possible issue you might run into is if you try to use Android Pay on the Underground. Then again, Apple Pay had issues there too before it rolled out to the UK.
Oct 22, 2015, 6:04 pm
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I would think that as far as the Underground is concerned, a contactless card is a contactless card. So unless Google or the underlying bank had a block on it, it would work.
Oct 22, 2015, 6:07 pm
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...artphones.html
But basically, the Underground was expecting a certain set of features to be on the "card" and declining if they weren't there. Apple Pay using Visa or AmEx didn't have those but MasterCard did. That may have been fixed on the Underground side as part of the UK rollout of Apple Pay.
Oct 23, 2015, 10:50 am
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That's not a thread - that's a ten-foot wide cable. 2,366 posts, including the post I just posted at your suggestion.
I'd ask over in this thread for recent experiences:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...artphones.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...artphones.html
Oct 23, 2015, 11:29 am
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And, indeed, I did just get confirmation on the other thread from someone who successfully used Android Pay in the UK:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25606282-post2368.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/25606282-post2368.html
Oct 23, 2015, 1:49 pm
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Did you have a working data signal as well? Android Pay/Apple Pay rely upon contacting the mothership for tokens. If you weren't using a valid UK SIM or had an international data package, your phone would have no way of telling the NSA Google/Apple of your transactions.