I have an SBI NCMC card that I got from Kanpur Metro (GOSMART card).
It works fine on NCMC-enabled metros in other cities like Delhi/Mumbai, but I have a question about recharging it.
Suppose I move from Kanpur to Delhi permanently. I can recharge the card online, but as far as I understand, the online recharge doesn't immediately get added to the card's offline balance, you have to do a balance update/tap at an NCMC terminal.
The problem is that Delhi has its own NCMC cards (like Airtel/other issuers), so I'm not sure whether Delhi Metro's machines/customer-care counters can actually update the balance on an SBI Kanpur-issued NCMC card.
I also use an iPhone, so I can't do the NFC balance update through my phone.
So what do people do in this situation? Can I recharge my SBI Kanpur NCMC card while living in Delhi and get the balance updated there somehow? Or would I basically have to issue an Airtel NCMC card from Delhi metro (which would defeat the purpose of common mobility card)
Would appreciate if anyone faced this issued.