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Student Leap Card V Standard Leap Card

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  • 11-10-2016 4:13pm
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    Tim76
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    Hi all,

    Just wondering if anyone can advise on the advantage of having a student Leap card over a standard one.

    From what I can see, fares on Dublin bus seem to be the exact same and I can use my student ID to avail of the same discounts with Iarnroid Eireann.

    I will only be using public transport 2 days a week so I can't see the point of forking out €10 for the student one :confused:


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    Dravokivich
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    Depending on how much you'll use it those 2 days, there's lower fare capping.

    Also if you're much of a consumer, there's a list of shops and what discounts they give with it on their website.


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    Tim76
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    Prob 4 journeys over the 2 days on Dublin Bus/Luas. Maybe less, as I'll use Dublin Bikes if it's not pissing down. So prob not worth forking out the tenner for the student card!


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    devnull
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    Lower caps, special offers and ability to load student tickets.


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    newacc2015
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    Personally I think its a joke that is €15 for a card you need to get annually. I dont know of another City that charges students to get a travel card and then pretty much charge them full fare with it(in Munich the student travel card is free and the fares are a fraction of Dublin).

    The 30 day prepaid ticket is the only good thing about the student travel card.


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    Dravokivich
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    It's a national ID card. With Leap features. Which unlike other commuter type smart cards, Leap is not limited to one city.


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    Tim76
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    newacc2015 wrote: »
    Personally I think its a joke that is €15 for a card you need to get annually. I dont know of another City that charges students to get a travel card and then pretty much charge them full fare with it(in Munich the student travel card is free and the fares are a fraction of Dublin).

    The 30 day prepaid ticket is the only good thing about the student travel card.

    I called into a well known shop chain yesterday and they were charging €15 for the standard Leap card (albeit with €5 credit free!) so it looks like it's rip offs all around


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    Dravokivich
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    Tim76 wrote: »
    I called into a well known shop chain yesterday and they were charging €15 for the standard Leap card (albeit with €5 credit free!) so it looks like it's rip offs all around

    You might want to call that out explicitly. When buying a leap card, you pay for a deposit and credit. You aren't paying any fee towards the shop, nor Leap for the card itself.


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    Tim76
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    Dravokivich wrote: »
    You might want to call that out explicitly. When buying a leap card, you pay for a deposit and credit. You aren't paying any fee towards the shop, nor Leap for the card itself.

    The Leap website states that it's €5 deposit and with a min €5 spend on credit for the standard card so I don't know where the rest of the money is going...


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    Dravokivich
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    That's right. But if it cost you 15, you should have 5 deposit + 10 credit. If you didn't get that you were ripped off.


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