“If your primary payment method cannot be charged for any reason...you authorize Apple to attempt to charge your other eligible payment methods in order from top to bottom as they appear on your account settings payments page.”
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Users may be charged on a secondary or tertiary payment method without any additional confirmation step at the time of the failed transaction.
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View change record →A reader's backup payment methods can be charged automatically and sequentially if their primary method cannot be processed.
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"If your primary payment method cannot be charged for any reason...you authorize Apple to attempt to charge your other eligible payment methods in order from top to bottom as they appear on your account settings payments page.Excerpt from Apple Pay's Apple Media Services Terms
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Users may be charged on a secondary or tertiary payment method without any additional confirmation step at the time of the failed transaction.
A reader's backup payment methods can be charged automatically and sequentially if their primary method cannot be processed.
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