When the card expires you can no longer recharge it, but you can still use the credit. Since in your case €0.15 is not enough for a ticket, you can ask for it to be transferred to a new card once it expires.
An option I can think of to get rid of that amount so that you can use it for journey tickets instead of credit is to transfer it to someone else’s card.
The source website is in Portuguese but I’ll copy over the relevant information for completeness:
- Um cartão com prazo de validade expirado, mas com saldo válido, poderá ser utilizado até que o mesmo se esgote.
- Em caso de caducidade do cartão, ou em caso de necessidade do Cliente, o saldo zapping pode ser transferido para outro cartão.
Credit:stackoverflow.com‘
5 Mar, 2024
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