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'Does Lyft take prepaid cards?': How to add a prepaid card to your Lyft account and use it to pay for rides

'Does Lyft take prepaid cards?': How to add a prepaid card to your Lyft account and use it to pay for rides

Steven John

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You can add a prepaid card to your Lyft account just like you'd add any other payment method.

Lyft does take prepaid cards as a form of payment, along with credit and debit cards, PayPal, Google Pay, and Apple Pay.
Adding a prepaid card to your Lyft account only takes about a minute, and if needed, it can be used to pay for only part of a ride, with the rest paid for by your other payment methods.
Once a prepaid card you've added to your Lyft account is depleted, the app will revert to charging your default payment method.
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Lyft makes everything easy, from hailing a ride in real time, to planning a scheduled ride up to a week in advance.

To make paying for a Lyft as convenient as possible, the company accepts all major credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, and Discover, e.g.), as well as debit cards tied to a bank or co-op checking account. They also accept several digital payment platforms, including PayPal, Google Pay, and Apple Pay.

And to make things even easier, you can even load a prepaid card onto your account, whether it's a gift card backed by a major company (American Express, Visa, etc.), or a similarly supported card that you loaded a balance onto yourself. Both the Android and iPhone versions of the Lyft app support prepaid cards.