Globe G-Pass

I bought a Globe G-Passs (or Gpass or G Pass) the other week..

Its a round chip…slightly bigger than a 10 peso coin..

You can buy your Gpass kit at any MRT station that accepts Gpass (wala pa yata sa magallanes at Taft ito)

> You can buy the Kit at 100.00 (manual, holster, chip)

The sales person will activate your Gpass. Then the sales person will ask for your globe number.. (ok lang kahit wala kang globe.. you can still use it). Paralang kasi masend sayo yung other instructions and welcome ek ek..

Then you can use it na! May 50.00 Free load na yun (akala ko load sa cp.. hindi pala.. load pala sa mrt.. hehehe)

HOW TO USE G-Pass

1. Place the chip on top of the terminal

2. You will hear a beeping sound and see a green light.

3. Enter the station.

4. On your way out, place the chip again on the terminal.

5. Exit the station

Oha…

Other stuff to do:

1. Register your gpass.. Sabi sa manual you can register up to 5 gpass chips sa isang cp #. Why do you need to register it? para you can receive updates and
Comments:
Positive:
1. What i like about it is hindi siya madaling mag expire.. 3 years daw yung expiration ng load! I’m not a frequent MRT rider naman.. so oks lang yun sakin.. na pag sasakay ako ng MRT at nagmamadali.. i dont have to fall in line.. yung mahabang line!

2. You can load it via G-cash!

Negative:
1. Madaling mawala yung chip kasi maliit at manipis. (pano na nga ba ang gagawin pag nawala yun? pwede bang i-disable using the globe phone na pinang register?)

2. Currently, it doesn’t serve all stations. (But it serves the stations na sinasakyan at binababaan ko… hehehehhe)

3. May additional 5% charge everytime gagamitin yung gpass.. Example:yung normal na 10.00 from cubao to santolan magiging 10.50 ang mababawas sa gpass load mo. (OK lang din)
4. May maintaining balance na 16.00. You cant use it pag below 16.00 na yung load mo sa gpass. (hmmmm.. bakit?)

5. Papano pag nagka technical failure? so pipila pa rin?

Round-up:

Oks yang Gpass for me. its convenien para sa isang katulad ko na hindi naman madalas sumakay sa MRT. Pero i suiggest para dun sa araw-araw na sumasakay.. gumamit ng Stored Value ticket. Kasi yung kug magkano lang talaga ang pamasahe.. yung lang ang mababawas. tapos may libre sakay pa (dun sa last na load ng ticket.. kahit piso nalang)

Source of the pics: edongskey.com