Better hope you don't need to add value to your CharlieCard this morning

By adamg on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 9:09am

UPDATE: The T reports the machines are working again.

The MBTA reports its card vending machines are not accepting either credit or debit cards right now, although if you happen to have some Susan B. Anthony dollars ...

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The website-based system isn't working, either. I was

By MC Slim JB on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 10:06am.

trying to add stored value to my CharlieCard this morning the way I usually do, via charliecard.mbta.com . Bad timing.

Good Luck

By DotCommuter on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 1:22pm.

Even finding a Charlie Card. I have a visitor coming for several months and have asked every red shirt I see if they have one, I've looked on top of every pay machine I see, and cannot find one. I guess I'll have to go to the DTX T service center.

Try a bus driver

By ChrisInEastie on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 2:00pm.

When my last one was on its way out and I was having trouble on the Silver Line, the driver handed me a new one and had a few on her. Even if you don't usually take busses, hopping on a random one for a stop could save you a trip to DTX (all the joys of the DMV, but buried underground).

Ticket Window

By Flat Patty on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 4:24pm.

Get one at North Station, South Station, or Back Bay ticket windows and load them up with however much you want.

It's easy!

Get a ten-dollar commuter rail Leisure Ticket for the weekend while you're at it.

DO IT!

Another way the T misses the boat

By Waquiot on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 3:09pm.

They could have vendors sell the cards for $2.25 with $2.00 value on them to start, so the vendor can get $0.25 for selling the things. Last time I was in Dublin I bought a LEAP card (like a Charlie Card, but more like what Charlie Card 2.0 will be) at a convenience store. There was a charge of a Euro, but the discounts were worth it.