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Reading your Hafilat card serial

Where to find it, how to space it, and what to do when the print has worn away.

Every Hafilat bus card carries a 16-digit serial on the back. It looks like a bank-card number but it does not identify a payment account — it identifies the card itself on the transit network.

Where the serial is printed

Flip your card over. The serial is printed above the magnetic strip in a single line, usually in a slim sans-serif font. It reads left-to-right regardless of the card orientation.

How to type it in the form

Type the digits without any spaces or dashes — the HafilatPass form spaces them automatically into four groups of four, so the field looks like 1234 5678 9012 3456. Anything that is not a digit is ignored.

What if the print is worn away

Old cards sometimes lose the serial after months in a wallet. If you cannot read it, tap the card at any Abu Dhabi bus reader and look at the printed slip if one is offered — or visit a Hafilat kiosk to have the card checked. Once you have the serial, come back and start a request.

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