Apple Pay allows Apple iPhone 6, 6s, 6, 7, 8, 6 Plus, 6s Plus, 7 Plus, 8 Plus, SE, X, XS, XS Max, XR, 11/Pro, 12/Mini/Pro/Max, 13/Mini/Pro/Max and Apple Watches to pay for good and services with a built in NFC chip. Apple Pay has made huge leaps in acceptance in 2021 and 2022, and contactless and NFC payments are gaining traction in general. Here is a list of the retail stores, apps (both retail and transit), colleges and universities, and nonprofits currently accepting Apple Pay in 2021, 2022, and beyond:
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You can use Apple Pay to pay for goods at the following stores with millions more:
- ACE
- Albertsons
- Apple
- Baskin Robbins
- Best Buy
- Chevron
- Chick-fil-A
- Costco
- Crate & Barrel
- Disney Store
- Duane Reade
- Dunkin Donuts
- ExxonMobil
- Foot Locker
- GAP
- Kohls
- J Crew
- Jersey Mike’s
- jetBlue
- Levi’s
- Macy’s McDonald’s
- Nike
- Office Depot/OfficeMax
- Panera
- Petco
- Petsmart
- Pizza Hut
- Safeway
- Sephora
- 7 Eleven
- Staples
- Starbucks
- Subway
- Target
- Texaco
- Trader Joe’s
- Walgreens
- Walt Disney World
- White Castle
- Whole Foods
These apps and websites accept Apple Pay, along with many more:
- Airbnb
- B&H – photo, video, pro audio
- Chipotle
- Dunkin Donuts
- Etsy
- Fandango
- Groupon
- Grubhub
- Hotel Tonight
- Hotwire
- Instacart
- Jet
- Lululemon
- Lyft
- MLB
- Panera
- Seamless
- Sephora
- Staples
- Starbucks
- StubHub
- Target
- Ticketmaster
- Wish
Use Apple Pay when using these transit apps:
- Caltrain San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley
- *CTA and Pace Chicago metropolitan area
- MBTA Boston metropolitan area
- Metrolink Los Angeles metropolitan area
- MTA Metro-North and Long Island railroads New York metropolitan area
- NJ TRANSIT New Jersey and New York metropolitan area
- RTC Las Vegas metropolitan area
- RTD Denver metropolitan area
- *TriMet, C-TRAN, and Portland Streetcar Portland and Vancouver metropolitan area
- Ventra (CTA, Pace, and Metra) Chicago metropolitan area
*Tap and pay via Apple Pay
The following colleges and universities accept Apple Pay:
- The University of Alabama
- Duke
- Oklahoma University
- Temple University
- *Johns Hopkins University
- *Santa Clara University
*Coming later this school year
Donate by way of Apple Pay to the following nonprofits, in addition to others:
- American Red Cross
- Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals
- Chron’s & Colitis Foundation
- Global Giving
- RED
- Jude Children’s Research Hospital
- Save the Children
- United Way
- WNET New York Public Media
- WWF
Naturally, these apps that come standard on an iPhone accept Apple Pay:
- Apple Music
- Apple News+
- App Store
- Books
- iCloud
- iTunes Store
If you’d like to learn more about how to use Apple and Google pay click the link here!
