When I tagged out at the International Terminal fare gates, instead of an "Insufficient Fare" warning, which I would have seen had I been using a $2 traditional BART fare card, my Clipper card subtracted $6.10, leaving me with a balance of $3.90 of someone else's money.Īfter completing my return trip to Civic Center with my other $2 Clipper card, I ended up with $16.20 worth of BART rides for $4. I rode to SFO, a trip that should have cost me $8.10. When I tagged into the system at the fare gate, the card had a $2 value. I bought two $2 cards at the vending machine, paying $4 in cash. Let's take Civic Center to the San Francisco Airport, a trip I made over the weekend to see if the scam worked as a Streetsblog tipster had suggested. Then ride BART where ever you desire and you will never have to pay more than $2. Pay cash and do it at a Muni Metro vending machine in downtown San Francisco if you really don't want to be traceable. Buy a bunch of them this way, if you like. At any retailer or vending machine that sells Clipper, load the minimum $2 dollars on a new Clipper card. Here's how the scam works, and mind you it is especially effective on BART, where you don't have fare inspectors or conductors to check your Clipper card and catch you. Or maybe you did and you hoped to fly under the radar? And you probably didn't realize it's set up with the perverse economic incentive to game the system, whereby you can scam distance-based fare operators like BART out of most of the cost of your trip. Of all the ways you can use your Clipper smart card for payment on transit agencies throughout the Bay Area, you probably didn't realize you could use it like a credit card, spending up to $10 more than the value on the card. Please review the SmartPass Clipper replacement, defective, and illegal use policies. However, if the Smartpass is lost or stolen, youĪre eligible to obtain a replacement if you are no longer enrolled.
The Smartpass will remain active for graduating students until the last day to add/dropĬlasses of the following semester. SJSU Tower Card must be accompaniedīy the SmartPass Clipper to ride on VTA buses and Light Rail lines. There's a $3 charge for the cost of the Clipper cardĪfter receiving your SmartPass Clipper card, the SmartPass will remain active as longĪs you are enrolled as a regular student at SJSU. Submit an online request, then pick up your card at the AS General Services center (located in Student Union, Room 1800). To the personal information section and click "Edit Mailing Address" to begin updating
BART CLIPPER CARD REPLACEMENT UPDATE
To update your address, go to and click the MySJSU spartan portal app. On-campus housing students are not required to update their mailing address. That your mailing address has been updated.
If you are currently living in Santa Clara County, check your MySJSU account to confirm Request an exception to the eligibility criteria. Person educational resources or employment may contact Transportation Solutions and Students who do not meet one of these criteria but need to commute to campus for in Have a mailing address within Santa Clara County.Be enrolled in either in person or hybrid classes.To be eligible for the VTA Smartpass, a student must meet one of the following criteria:
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