The Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Gloria Hutt, announced the launch of three different payment systems for bus services, Metro and Metrotren, as well as the recharge of the Bip Card!
In detail, the authority specified that “we started a work process to diversify the payment method. From today a period of white march begins that has three new components”, without leaving behind the traditional physical payment method, which will continue to work for those who prefer it.
Payment through CuentaRUT
Hutt explained that the first novelty is that “A very important facility is incorporated, thanks to BancoEstado, which allows a QR code to be generated from the RUT Account to pay directly on the bus, in the Metro or in the Metrotren“.
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– BancoEstado (@BancoEstado) January 24, 2022
He specified that this new mechanism, “what it does is direct deduction from the CuentaRut, that is, there is no intervention from the Bip Card!“.
Finally, he stated that this service is, for now, only available for the adult rate.
How to pay through CuentaRut:
- Download the BancoEstado application.
- Select in it the activation of the QR Code.
- Enter the account to which the trips will be deducted.
- Enter your BE Pass key.
Consider that for the Passage QR works correctly, you must set your phone with automatic time zone and select 24-hour format.
Finally, the discount for the trips will be made the next day.
Automatic recharge of the Card beep!
On the other hand, Hutt announced that he would also began to operate “the automatic recharge of the Bip Card!”, establishing a daily balance for trips, without the need to recharge.
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In addition, up to five beep! Cards can be associated. to the same account, so that “a family can charge all the cards to one account”.
How to subscribe to auto upload?
- Enter the menu of the Red app, select Center beep! and then automatic recharge.
- Enter some of the charging mechanisms.
- Associate a credit or debit card to the bip! and the amount you traveled the day before will be automatically charged.
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— Metropolitan Mobility Network (@Red_Movilidad) January 23, 2022
De bip! a QR
Finally, the third innovation allows the payment of the trip by means of a QR code and also the recharge of the same
The Secretary of State pointed out that 7,800 validators have already been changed in the system, so all of them have the possibility of reading the QR Code.