The family wallet: loyalty cards, tickets and cards on both parents' phones
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A family's wallet is split in two, and the half you need is always in the other pocket. The supermarket loyalty card is in one parent's wallet, while the other is at the till. The train tickets are in an email only one of you received. The child's health card is in the wallet of the parent who didn't take them to the paediatrician today.
A shared family wallet fixes this everyday problem.
Loyalty cards
Almost every shop has its card: supermarket, pharmacy, petrol station, pet shop, bookshop. Carrying them all is awkward, and often only one parent has a copy.
In KidBox's wallet you scan the barcode once: from then on anyone in the family can show it on their phone, redrawn on screen in the same format as the original, so the till can read it. Points and discounts build up on the same card, whoever does the shopping.
Some shops may not accept codes shown on a phone: in that case keep the physical card too.
Tickets
Trains, flights, concerts, museums, the school trip: tickets arrive as PDFs in the inbox of whoever booked. When travelling as a family, having every ticket on one parent's phone is a risk.
Upload the PDF to the wallet and the AI reads date, time, seats and code, showing a clean ticket to present. If a field can't be read, you correct it by hand. Tickets are visible to both parents, and in the Family trips section (Pro plan) you reach them from the trip in one tap.
Always check with the carrier or organiser whether the ticket must be shown in its original format or printed.
Cards and ID documents
ID cards, health cards, the children's passports: in the wallet they're saved encrypted, with the expiry date highlighted. Useful when you need a detail — a tax number for a booking, a document number for check-in — and the original is at home.
A copy on your phone doesn't replace the original for checks or travel: it's for knowing what you have, when it expires, and finding details quickly. More in children's ID cards and passports.
What to put in the wallet, and what not
- yes: loyalty cards, tickets, membership cards (gym, library, pool), ID and health documents
- no: credit card numbers or banking codes — logins belong in passwords, contracts in documents
A clear-out now and then
Tickets for past trips, cards for closed shops, expired cards: every few months, delete them. The wallet stays light, and finding the right card at the till takes a second.
In short
Loyalty cards scanned once and shown from anyone's phone, PDF tickets read by the AI and visible to both parents, ID documents encrypted with expiry dates highlighted, no banking details in the wallet and a periodic clear-out. The half of the wallet you need is finally in the right pocket.
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