subject: Can I Pay For My Taxi With A Credit Card? [print this page] Many years ago, the only way you were ever going to be able to pay for a taxi ride was going to be by making sure that you had enough cash on you to pay for the ride. This is no longer the case though, and there are now many different ways that you can pay for your ride in a taxi. More and more taxi services are now presenting the option of paying with a credit card to their customers.
This has been made possible because of the mobile payment processing technology which is now so common. It is now cheap and easy for cab companies to get portable units which will allow their drivers to process credit card transactions. In most cases, these same devices can also be used to process debit card transactions, giving the cab companies another payment method that they can accept as well.
If a taxi accepts credit cards as a method of payment, this should be marked somewhere that is easy for you to notice. Most taxis that accept credit cards as payment will have this marked right on the doors or the windows of the cab. If you don't see any notification of this type, it might be best to assume that you're going to need cash to pay for your car. The only exception to this is if you call the cab company to order a car and specifically request one in which credit cards are going to be accepted.
If you need to pay for taxi with your credit card, you should also confirm that they are going to accept the particular credit card that you want to pay with. If a taxi accepts credit cards, it probably means that they will accept all major credit cards. If you use a less common card though, you should probably check, because there is a chance that it won't be accepted.
Another thing to remember is that even if you are planning on paying for your taxi with a credit card, and even if your cab company says that they do in fact accept credit cards, you should still be sure to have enough cash to pay for the ride as well. The reason for this is that the mobile units which are used to process credit card payments are as yet still unreliable. If the drivers unit crashes, you will need an alternate payment method.
