How to register in Uber if you don’t have a credit card? Here’s a simple hack.

You can use your debit or prepaid card for as long as it’s Visa or Mastercard.

As per other payment gateways, Diners, JCB, American Express, Discover, UnionPay, etc.we don’t have first hand experience yet.

If you’ve used prepaid/debit cards for Uber, we’d love to hear your experiences and suggestions in the comments section below. Using prepaid/debit card for Uber’s system, at this point, is sometimes hit-and-miss. For some, it works perfectly, for others (using the same prepaid/debit card) it does not. Hence, the community would appreciate your feedback and input. You can help us keep this up-to-date.

 

 TIP: When you register using a prepaid or debit card, make sure you have more than Php 500 in the account. When you ride, make sure your card has enough money to pay for the trip. Once the system detected that your balance was insufficient, even just once, the system will reject the prepaid/debit account permanently.

 

Several banks offer a debit card or a prepaid card with Visa or Mastercard. Here’s a simple list of these products, credits to ThinkRichBeFree Blog for most of the list.

  • Globe GCASH Mastercard Card and Globe AMEX Virtual card
  • BPI Prepaid and Gift Cards (My ePrepaid, BPI Express Gift, Express Cash, Express Cash Gift, Corporate Express Cash and Express Money Order)
  • Security Bank Cash Card Local and International MasterCard
  • Unionbank e-Wallet, Savings Account, and EON Visa Debit Card
  • Maybank MyCash Card and Money2U ATM
  • Allied Bank ABC Cash Card
  • Sterling Bank of Asia ShopNPay Visa Debit Card, Classic Visa Prepaid Card, and Visa Prepaid Gift Card
  • VMoney Prepaid Mastercard

 

**UPDATE: According to Uber, they currently CANNOT process debit and prepaid cards issued by BDO, Metrobank, RCBC, HSBC and Eastwest. But they are working on it for the cards to be accepted.**

  • HSBC Debit Card
  • EastWest Basic Savings Account with Visa Debit card and Prepaid Card (Apparently, some riders are able to use this and request for rides ONLY during weekdays.)
  • Metrobank Debit Card and Prepaid Card
  • BDO Cash Card (Local and International)
  • RCBC MyWallet Visa Prepaid Card

***In case you’ve ended up with an unsettled balance in your Uber account,

click here to learn how to fix it.***

 

Also, you can enroll more than one card for your Uber payments. You can even enroll a card under a different name. Refer to this post to know how.. Example, if your company has a corporate card (name different than yours), you can enroll this and use this to pay for your official trips. You can even use a friend’s card (of course, with their consent!) or even your parents card.

DISCLAIMER: Kids, please don’t do this without your parent’s consent! And you didn’t get the idea from this blog. Hehe!


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Bonus: Use this promo code “ubermnltips” to get 200 Uber credits when you register to Uber.

 

 

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