How to activate BIXI account if not a BIXI member
There is a BIXI perk for 5$ of one-way riding, with the exact wording below.
I'm not currently a BIXI member, but would like to sign up and get the $5 set up in the BIXI app so that it's ready when I want to use it at a later date, rather than fiddle with the perk in front of the BIXI station when I want to ride. I do not want a monthly/yearly membership, but would like the ability to make one-way rides.
Has anyone who is not already a BIXI member 'activated' an account in order to use this $5 perk?
$5 of free riding time
Promo Code:
XYZZYXXX
Once the BIXI app is downloaded, and your account activated*, select the one-way ride product. Enter XYZZYXXX in the field identified « promo code »
*Valid credit card and $100 security deposit required. Past 18 min. (electric BIXI) or 45 min. (regular BIXI), regular rates apply.
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Will confirm this information with Bixi if able, but it appears that once you start the process with the Fizz/Bixi perk you must rent a Bixi or lose the perk. Also, it's *up to* $5 as no mechanism exists to carry over any remaining balance.
Regardless of whether you retrieve a Bixi, or even choose a station, the clock runs until the $5 Balade Fizz is done.
I also tried to register my OPUS card, but this was impossible while the clock was running on the Fizz One-Way perk.
Afterwards, I was able to register an Opus Membership. Now I wonder whether having an OPUS membership would block the Fizz One-Way perk as the perk is also shown as a type of membership.
The UX of the Bixi site leaves something to be desired.
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Hey @Jacques_Assert ,
Did you try following the steps here: https://fizz.ca/en/bixi
Let us know if this helps?
Cheers,
Jay
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@Whizz , thank you but the link applies to a different promotion.
The one I am discussing is for $5 free riding time. (Image attached)
The question is how to activate the account in advance of use, and without a subscription. I don't want to be fiddling with this in front of the BIXI stand when I'm on a tight schedule.
If you have to rent a BIXI to get your account activated, it sort of defeats the benefit of the perk.
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Sorry about that @Jacques_Assert - can you try using this link: https://o3l5.app.link/7vpHy2ATpgb
Note: make sure you have the Bixi app installed on your phone.
Let me know how it turns out,
Jay
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@Whizz, this sent me in the right direction, and I was able to enter the code, and created a Bixi account, but when I stopped the process at the point where it required me to choose a Bixi (because I wanted it set it up first, and use it later, and I was nowhere near a Bixi station) there was no recorded balance, and retracing the same steps reported the code as invalid (because it's now used) but nowhere does it show the $5 bonus.
At this point, I don't know whether the $5 perk will magically appear as a credit if I rent a Bixi, of if it's now lost because it was not used immediately.
And presumably, if I rented a Bixi for two minutes using this code, there would be a remaining balance.
Q: Where do I find this balance? Or was this a single use perk, with a credit *up to* $5?
As an aside, the agreement text is ridiculously small.
The image below was displayed on a 6.67" diagonal screen.
It's completely illegible at that size. :/
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