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Old May 1, 2023 | 6:38 am
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Originally Posted by oishi
From what I heard the card machines at the MRT stations only accept local cards and not foreign cards for payment and this was my experience the last time I was there in November. But please correct me if I'm wrong.
Originally Posted by mongobot
I've used my US issued Citi Prestige and Chase Sapphire Reserve with MRT successfully in the past.
I remember being able to top up an EZlink card at a ticket machine at one of the MRT stations using CSR around 2018-2019, but I tried again recently and it did not work.

Originally Posted by invisible
Requirement of local cards applies only to top up of transit cards (Nets FlashPay and EZlink) via GTM machines at train stations.
Can one use a foreign card to top up at a staffed ticket office in one of the stations instead?
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