After publishing a Lyft Pass program, you’re ready to share Lyft Pass with your riders. Learn more about our five sharing options available in this article. Click the sharing option you chose during the creation of your Lyft Pass program to see step-by-step instructions on how to share Lyft Pass via your chosen method: 

• Phone number
• Work or organization email
• General shareable code
• Unique shareable code
• QR Codes

Phone number 

Sharing Lyft Pass using your riders’ phone numbers is a great way to share with those who are outside of your organization (i.e. may not have a work or organization email with your organization). Using the rider’s phone number, Lyft Pass will be automatically added to their Lyft account if they already have the Lyft app. If a rider doesn’t have an existing Lyft account, they will need to sign up for one using the phone number you shared Lyft Pass to and the pass will be automatically added to their account upon successful sign up. 

Please note that once Lyft Pass is shared via phone number, you will not be able to change the benefit type.

How to share Lyft Pass using phone numbers

1. Select 'Lyft Pass' from the left navigation bar in the Lyft Business Portal
2. Select the program that you’ll be sharing Lyft Pass via rider phone numbers
3. Select '+ Share passes' in top right corner
4. On the 'Add people' screen, you can enter your riders’ phone numbers in two ways:
1. Enter your riders’ phone numbers manually and separated by commas in the 'Mobile phone numbers' box. You must include +1 before every phone number and do not include any spaces or special characters. This method is best if you have a small number of riders to share Lyft Pass with
2. Select 'Import a CSV' to upload a CSV file with your riders’ phone numbers listed in the first column with no headers. You must include +1 before every phone number and do not include any spaces or special characters.  This method is best if you have a large number of riders to share Lyft Pass with
5. Select 'Send invite' once you’ve added all rider phone numbers to share with
6. You’ll see a 'Success' banner pop up letting you know Lyft Pass was shared successfully
   

Work or organization email

Use work or organization emails to share Lyft Pass with riders who are a part of your organization (i.e. employees or members). When you share Lyft Pass to riders’ work or organization emails, they’ll receive an email notification that your organization has sent Lyft credit. 

Please note that once Lyft Pass is shared via work or organization email, you will not be able to change the benefit type.

How to share Lyft Pass using work or organization emails

Select Lyft Pass from the left navigation bar in the Lyft Business Portal

1. Select the program that you’ll be sharing Lyft Pass via work or organization emails
2. Select 'Share passes' in top right corner
3. On the 'Add people' screen, you can enter your riders’ work email addresses in 2 ways:
1. Enter your riders’ work email addresses manually and separated by commas in the 'Email address' box. This method is best if you have a small number of riders to share Lyft Pass with
2. Select 'Upload CSV' to upload a CSV file with your riders’ email addresses listed in the first column with no headers. This method is best if you have a large number of riders to share Lyft Pass with
4. Select 'Send invite' once you’ve added all rider email addresses to share with
5. You’ll see a 'Success' banner pop up letting you know Lyft Pass was shared successfully
   

General shareable codes and links 

*Only available for one-time ride pass programs 

This is one code or link that can be redeemed by anyone that has it (including anyone who gets the code through guessing or unauthorized sharing) and is best for easy sharing. Please note that your organization is responsible for all used passes, including those used by guessing or unauthorized sharing.

How to share Lyft Pass using a general code or link

1. Select 'Lyft Pass' from the left navigation bar in the Lyft Business Portal
2. Select the program that you’ll be sharing Lyft Pass via a general code
3. Select '+ Share passes' in top right corner
4. Select 'Copy general code' if you’d like to share the alphanumeric code with a rider who will manually type the code in their Lyft app to apply it, or select 'Copy link' to share a link with a rider that when clicked automatically opens up their Lyft app and applies the code for Lyft credit
5. Give the code or link directly to the rider

Unique shareable codes and links 

With unique shareable codes and links, a list of unique codes is generated and each code can only be claimed by one rider. You chose the number of codes to be generated when you created your Lyft Pass program. 

Please note that once Lyft Pass is shared via unique codes or links, you will not be able to edit any part of the program except for the program name and description.

How to share Lyft Pass using a unique code or link

1. Select 'Lyft Pass' from the left navigation bar in the Lyft Business Portal
2. Select the program that you’ll be sharing Lyft Pass via unique codes
3. Select 'Share passes' in top right corner
4. A list of unique codes with a unique link to match that code will be generated to be downloaded as a CSV file. Click 'Download codes'
5. Give the code or link directly to the rider. Remember that only one code and/or its matching link can be used by one rider, so we recommend adding a column in the CSV file to track which codes and links have already been shared
   

QR Codes

QR codes enable Lyft Pass admins to distribute program benefits via a printed QR code. Admins can download PDF with the QR code generated once Lyft Pass program is created. Follow these steps to start using QR codes for your organization:

1. 1. Go to the Lyft Business Portal
   2. View your ride program
   3. Right click the three vertical dots and click 'Edit'
   4. Under Basics, go to Sharing options and click 'Show options for links and codes'
   5. Click 'General code, link, and QR code'
   6. Click 'Publish' to save changes
   7. View your ride program and you will see the QR code under Sharing options
   8. Click 'Share passes' then click Download QR code
   9. Now, you have a pdf of the QR code that you can print and display

To redeem these credits, your employees just need to scan QR code from their standard camera app. Then the credits can be added to your employee’s Lyft app account.

Please be aware that riders can still pass the QR code image around. Similarly to general shareable codes, this option does contain risk of exposure due to anyone’s ability to use the QR code that gains access to it.