OMNY On JFK AirTrain

[Brighton Line]

OMNY is the MTA's "Tap and Go" contactless payment method. The new payment system will accept contactless debit and credit cards, digital wallets and OMNY cards. 

 

JFK AirTrain started accepting OMNY payments at turnstiles on Tuesday 10/10/2023, not all gates are equipped yet with OMNY readers.

 

MetroCards are still available and the 10 Trip/30 Day AirTrain only MetroCard will save you money at $25 plus $1 if you don't have a MetroCard. 10 Trip can be used for multiple riders. 

https://abc7ny.com/airtrain-jfk-omny-tap-to-pay/13886835/

Edited October 11, 2023 by Brighton Line

[GTJ]

15 hours ago, Brighton Line said:

JFK AirTrain started accepting OMNY payments at turnstiles on Tuesday 10/10/2023, not all gates are equipped yet with OMNY readers.

Right now we're in the awkward transitional stage for fare payment systems, where some transportation systems use both MetroCard and OMNY as fare payment systems, while others are MetroCard-only. Most importantly, if one intends transfer from one system to another, it is critical to know to consider what fare payment systems are common to both transportation systems if a "free transfer" is anticipated between the two systems. Eventually, all transportation systems are expected to adopt the OMNY fare payment system, but that will only be sometime in the future.

 

In the specific case of the JFK AirTrain transportation system, there are no free transfers to or from any other transportation system, regardless of the fare payment system. Thus, whatever fare payment system is used for JFK AirTrain, a different fare payment system could be used for connecting transportation without loss of free transfer.

 

Again, we New Yorkers have a knack for making things confusing for others!