Apple Wallet T-money Korea: Refund Your Balance Before You Switch Phones
Bottom line: A T-money transit card added to Apple Wallet on iPhone or Apple Watch can only be topped up with a Hyundai Card, and only in fixed amounts of 10,000, 30,000, or 50,000 won. Before you switch phones or remove the card from Wallet, get any leftover balance refunded through T-money first.
If you didn't know: Switch devices or delete the card without requesting a refund first, and you can lose the balance outright — starting at 10,000 won, the smallest top-up unit. Apple's own support community has multiple posts from users who couldn't get their balance back after changing phones.
Apple Wallet T-money top-up amounts: 10,000 / 30,000 / 50,000 won · Apple Pay top-up works only with a Hyundai Card · T-money customer service 1644-0088 · tmoney.co.kr.
Apple Wallet T-money is prepaid, so whatever you load is your balance, but that balance doesn't always carry over automatically when you fully switch devices or delete the card from Wallet. Multiple threads on Apple's own support community describe refund requests getting stuck because Apple and T-money each asked the user for different paperwork. As of 2026-11-09, no official page spells out a fixed refund fee or processing time for this situation — the safer move is to request a refund through T-money customer service (1644-0088) or the Mobile T-money app before changing devices.
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