At the beginning of March, Vodafone launched a service for paying for travel on city electric transport in Lviv using
How to pay
Instructions have appeared on trams and trolleybuseswith detailed explanations of how to pay for travel and a route code. Passengers need to send a message with this code to the short number 877. After 1-2 minutes, a confirmation of payment with a unique identifier and information about the type of ticket purchased will be sent to the phone.
In this case, the passenger only pays for the travel; sending SMS is free. Prepaid subscribers can use the service, the main thing is that there are enough funds in their account.
How to return the money
From today there is also cashback:For passengers who used the SMS service on trams and trolleybuses, Vodafone will return the money spent on travel to an additional account. This is 5 hryvnia (the cost of a single general ticket) and 2.5 hryvnia (for beneficiaries).
The transfer of money will be reported in a separate message.Bonus funds can be used to pay for a package of services according to the tariff; calls within Ukraine and abroad; additional packages of minutes; Internet; roaming services and any other Vodafone services, except content services.
Cashback will be valid for a month. In this way, Vodafone wants to encourage residents and guests of the “Mist Leva” for refusing paper tickets and cash payments.
By the way, the same SMS payment in Lviv city electric transport was launched by Kyivstar and lifecell.
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Cashback for cashless: Vodafone returns the cost of travel in Lviv electric transport
Within a month, Vodafone customers will receive to their additional account the funds paid for travel via SMS messages on trams and trolleybuses in Lviv.
From 14 March and during the monthVodafone customers who pay for travel on electric transport in Lviv using SMS will receive the money spent on their additional mobile account. Vodafone will return funds for the purchase of one-time general and discount tickets on trams and trolleybuses of the city, costing 5 and 2.5 UAH, respectively. The number of trips during the day is not limited.
After paying for travel in electric transportLviv via SMS to the short number 877, the passenger receives an SMS confirmation of payment with a unique code and information about the type of ticket purchased. Also within a month, Vodafone customers will receive another message — about crediting the spent funds to an additional account. Subscribers will be able to use the received bonus funds to pay for a package of services at the tariff calls within Ukraine and abroad; additional packages of minutes; Internet; roaming services and any other Vodafone services, except content services.
"Vodafone has initiated the launch of SMS paymentin the electric transport of Lvov, however, our initiatives do not end there. With & nbsp; moment of launch of SMS payments to & nbsp; Lviv electric vehicles we & nbsp; we see the daily increase in the number of such payments among our customers and & nbsp; we want to encourage them & nbsp; refuse from & nbsp; paper tickets and & nbsp; cash payments in & nbsp; everyday life quo ;, & mdash; & nbsp; says Konstantin Vorobyov , Deputy General Director of Vodafone Ukraine, West region.
They can pay via SMS in electric transportprepaid subscribers who have sufficient funds on their mobile account balance. There will be no additional charges for sending SMS messages.