I've used apple pay by itself and it works fine, but does apple pay/google pay work with
1) pretax commuter accounts
2) transfers
3) passes

I've looked at the Ventra site before to understand how it works and it's a bit...lacking. They say that passes are supported, but i couldn't find info about how to link it?

In any case, I use PAYG on a ventra card use the transit value on my ventra card funded with pretax dollars. If Apple Pay can support that then I'll consider using it; then i won't be getting stopped becuase ventra doenst like to work next to these silly metal credit cards banks keep issuing.