While I can’t say I love the food, I do love the conveinience of ordering McDonald’s ahead of time.
During a road tripAbout 30 minutes before our arrival, I will get the order all ready, asking everyone in the vehicle what they would like and then the moment we arrive. The order starts getting prepared and we are able to pick up our food or have it delivered to our vehicle in no time.
I never want to be the family trying to figure out what everyone wants in front of the cashier.
I want to use this same procedure during our travels as we will need some fast food during our outgoing and incoming journey . I decided it would be a good idea to test this out.
I tried to figure out a way to change my Canadian McDonald’s app to access US locations.
I tried searching for a US location in the app but could not. I searched Google, I tried to find a location change setting. I logged out and back in. I even tried reinstalling the app. I tried connecting through a VPN in the US and even turned of Location Services temporarily for the app.
It would not work.
I figured that the only solution was to install the US version of the app. This was not easy to accomplish.
I needed to created a new Apple ID with a US location which required a US phone number.
Luckily my VoIP provider could accomodate my needs cheaply so I bought a SC phone number for $0.85 USD/month and forwarded calls and texts to my cell phone.
During our trip I will re-purpose the voice handling of this number to make calls to Canada.
I finally was able to successfully get my US Apple ID setup with no payment method and logged in to the App store on my phone.
I then proceeded to download as many US based fast food apps that I could find.
I tested out the US McDonald’s app and was indeed able to find US McDonald’s.
I was able to add a Canadian credit card to the US app which was also a potential problem.