Are you American? Do you have Apple Pay. Are you flying out of Chicago? Use Apple Pay on the CTA!

Had no idea about this until I worked in Chicago for a few weeks recently. <br><br>I travel quite a bit for work and usually fly out of Chicago O'Hare and Midway once or twice a month. I used to buy a ventra card from one of the machines at the airport and then eventually got a physical ventra card. <br><br>As of last year the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) supports Apple Pay and other tap-to-pay credit cards, removing the need to get a physical card or buy individual rides from a machine. <br><br>It saves a ton of time at the airport since you don't have to stand there at the machine and wait for your receipt and card. I can't tell you how many times I'm standing behind somebody at the airport waiting for them to figure out the machine. <br><br>If you travel out of Chicago often your Apple Pay bank card can be connected to the ventra app removing the need to buy individual tickets. You can even setup auto-reload so you don't have to worry about that either. <br><br>Anyway, just an FYI.