{"id":3693,"date":"2016-12-19T15:45:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T07:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2021-07-08T11:14:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T03:14:31","slug":"expats-guide-what-is-a-beep-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/12\/19\/expats-guide-what-is-a-beep-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Expats&#8217; Guide: What is a beep\u2122 card?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><em><strong>Updated as of January 8, 2020:<\/strong>\u00a0beep\u2122 card now costs Php 30 effective last January 1, 2020, in\u00a0pursuant to the concession agreement between the Department of Transportation and AF Payments Inc.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The <strong>beep\u2122 card<\/strong> is a stored-value smart card issued through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the Department of Transportation and Communications and AF Payments Inc., a joint venture company of the Ayala and the Metro Pacific Groups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"324\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3694\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/beep-standard-card91fe.png\" alt=\"beep-standard-card91fe\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/beep-standard-card91fe.png 500w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2016\/12\/beep-standard-card91fe-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Image grabbed from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beeptopay.com\/media\/1024\/beep-standard-card91fe.png?width=500&amp;height=324.4047619047619\">beeptopay.com<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It was launched last July 2015 to provide easy and cashless payments in transportation vehicles and now starting in convenience stores. \u00a0The card now costs Php 30 and is valid for four years. Its minimum balance should be at least equivalent to the minimum fare Php 12 while its maximum balance is up to Php 10,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where to buy a beep\u2122 card?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/09\/19\/expats-guide-lrt1-stations\/\">LRT-1<\/a> Station Teller Booths<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/09\/19\/expats-guide-lrt2-stations\/\">LRT-2<\/a> Station Teller Booths<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/09\/20\/expats-guide-mrt-stations\/\">MRT-3<\/a> Station Teller Booths<\/li>\n<li>Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs)\u00a0at train stations<\/li>\n<li>BGC Bus\u2019 Ayala booth &amp; Market! Market! Terminal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reloading Outlets<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/09\/19\/expats-guide-lrt1-stations\/\">LRT-1<\/a> Station Teller Booths<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/09\/19\/expats-guide-lrt2-stations\/\">LRT-2<\/a> Station Teller Booths<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/09\/20\/expats-guide-mrt-stations\/\">MRT-3<\/a> Station Teller Booths<\/li>\n<li>Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs)\u00a0at train stations<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beeptopay.com\/news\/beep-is-now-available-at-bayad-center\/index.html\">Bayad Center<\/a> (including SM branches\u2019 Information booth, Villarica branches, Tambunting branches)<\/li>\n<li>HM Transport Baclaran<\/li>\n<li>NAIA T3 booth<\/li>\n<li>BGC Bus\u2019 Ayala booth &amp; Market! Market! Terminal<\/li>\n<li>Citylink\u2019s Upper McKinley stop &amp; San Lorenzo Place stop<\/li>\n<li>Family Mart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rail Transits accepting beep\u2122 card<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/09\/19\/expats-guide-lrt1-stations\/\">LRT-1 Stations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/09\/19\/expats-guide-lrt2-stations\/\">LRT-2 Stations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2016\/09\/20\/expats-guide-mrt-stations\/\">MRT-3 Stations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bus Lines accepting beep\u2122 card<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/06\/27\/its-now-official-beep-card-can-now-be-used-on-all-bgc-bus-routes\/\">BGC Bus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Citylink Bus<\/li>\n<li>HM Transport Airport Loop Bus<\/li>\n<li>Froehlich P2P<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/04\/25\/newest-route-for-p2p-buses-from-alabang-to-makati-officially-launched\/\">RRCG P2P<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Expressways accepting beep\u2122 card<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/08\/12\/beep-cards-can-now-be-used-as-payment-at-cavitex\/\">Cavitex (Manila-Cavite) Expressway<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Convenience stores accepting beep\u2122 card<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/12\/10\/familymart-is-now-accepting-loading-and-payments-via-beep-card\/\">Family Mart<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beeptopay.com\/faqs.html\">beeptopay.com<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beepcardph\/\">beepcardph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beeptopay.com\/faqs.html\">beeptopay.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beepcardph\/\">beepcardph<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beep\u2122 card is a stored value smart card to provide easy and cashless payments especially in transportation vehicles in the Philippines. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1730,1729,1726],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-and-history","category-everyday-life-hacks","category-procedure"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3693"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8399,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3693\/revisions\/8399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}