Student Leap Card or Adult?

I get the bus once a day in Limerick city centre five days a week. Just wondering if there's any point in paying the massive €12 fee for the student leap card? The bus fee is €2 so that's €10 a week. Apparently the adult leap card would make it €8...would the student card have much more of a discount?

Thanks!

G_R

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I get the bus once a day in Limerick city centre five days a week. Just wondering if there's any point in paying the massive €12 fee for the student leap card? The bus fee is €2 so that's €10 a week. Apparently the adult leap card would make it €8...would the student card have much more of a discount?

Thanks!

As far as I know, it won't give you any discount on the journeys, but you can use it to avail of discounts in other shops/services.

If they ever introduce capping in Limerick like they've done in Dublin, the student card will likely have a lower cap than the adult one.

newacc2015

Its €15 if you go to a student card agent. Its such a rip off, when any other country generally give you a student travel card for free and students get half priced travel. You have to pay for the privilege of student travel fares here and they are more expensive than a tax saver ticket.

The only place that looks for a student travel card for discounts is Boots. I would wait to see if there is student cap introduced. I wouldnt buy the card until its introduced though, as you wont get real benefits

LXFlyer

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I get the bus once a day in Limerick city centre five days a week. Just wondering if there's any point in paying the massive €12 fee for the student leap card? The bus fee is €2 so that's €10 a week. Apparently the adult leap card would make it €8...would the student card have much more of a discount?

Thanks!

The weekly ticket facilitates unlimited travel for the entire week.

The adult weekly ticket in Limerick costs €20.20 and the student version €18.20.

It will depend upon how often you use the bus as to whether they are worth getting.

LEAP will offer a 20% discount on cash fares when you use the pay-as-you go epurse.

Victor

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I get the bus once a day in Limerick city centre five days a week. Just wondering if there's any point in paying the massive €12 fee for the student leap card?

http://www.studentleapcard.ie/where-to-get-your-card

€15.00 / €12.00 plus €3 photo capture fee]: AIB vouchers (where applicable) are worth €12.00 so it will only cost you an additional €3.00 when availing of the AIB offer from our agents.

Apparently the adult leap card would make it €8...would the student card have much more of a discount?

It's €10, of which the Usable, Refundable Deposit is €5 and the minimum Top-Up Travel Credit is €5. In essence, the card is free.

Fares are here: http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=417

You can use Travel credit on your Leap Card to pay for single trips. Travel Credit fares are 20% cheaper than the corresponding cash single ticket. If you are a more frequent traveller, you can also but the following tickets for your card:

Ticket Adult Student Child
Red Zone 24 Hour €4.20 ~~ ~~
Red Zone 7 Day €20.20 €18.20 €8.30
Red Zone Month* €69.50 €57.60 €30.60

So, if you are entitled to a Student Leap Card, you would save the initial outlay in 4-8 weeks.

However, if you are working and earning enough to pay tax, and your employer is taking part in the Taxsaver system, this may be a better option.