Originally Posted by
Low Roller
It is so much quicker and easier than having to insert a card and enter a pin, especially for drive thru coffee. I like it so much that I get annoyed when it doesn't work and I have to insert the card and enter a pin. If you want to use your transit card without taking it out of your wallet, just put the credit card in an rfid sleeve so that it doesn't get accidentally read again.
Sure. The fact that PIN is generally not required in the US and that mass transit usage is much lower than in other countries (outside of certain exceptions) may make it a much harder sell for people, though.
That said, it would be kinda cool to be able to tap one's credit card at the security checkpoint (and again at the gate while boarding) to buy oneself a last minute airline ticket without going to the airline's website/counter but that's probably not viable for a whole bunch of reasons.
