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Las Vegas airport adopts contactless payment for parking

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport, the seventh-busiest airport in North America, is now accepting MasterCard PayPass contactless payments in its major parking lots.

Travelers can now pay for parking with a simple tap of their MasterCard PayPass contactless cards or devices at special terminals situated in exit lanes.

The new system, which also accepts traditional mag-stripe cards, will be implemented in 64 locations, including 31 pay stations and 33 entry/exit lanes at the airport’s four main parking lots. [end] 

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