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My experience of ticketing on Irish PT as a visitor

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  • #62
    LeinsterDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,229 ✭✭✭LeinsterDub


    eurasian wrote: »
    It only proves how poor the whole thing is. As a customer I don't want to download a separate program and ensure my phone has NFC, and deal with all this crap.
    Online top ups should go straigh into the card.

    At least they should have automatised collecting top-ups during boarding by simply touching the reader on the bus.
    If the reader can show the balance on the card, then it should have had ability to "collect" top ups.

    Poor programming and management.

    It literally and I mean literally took you longer to type that post then open the play store and download the app.


  • #63
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 53,888 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    the app is very handy - you can check how much credit is left on the card by simply tapping the phone against it, and my wife swears by it now.
    it's a no-brainer, frankly.


  • #64
    kopite386
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭kopite386


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    the app is very handy - you can check how much credit is left on the card by simply tapping the phone against it, and my wife swears by it now.
    it's a no-brainer, frankly.

    And also with the new updates you add different Bus Eireann and Dublin Bus tickets including different ramblers straight onto the card


  • #65
    murphaph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,067 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    My old phone had NFC but I never used it but my new one doesn't. I looked into the auto top-up (direct debit) but for 2 reasons it's no-go for me:
    -I find the €30 minimum steep as an occasional visitor but I could have lived with it.
    -The killer blow is the it's not possible to set up a direct debit on Leap with a non-Irish bank account (even within SEPA) which is quite frankly shocking for a government agency.

    I would consider NFC for my next phone for the Leap functionality however. It sounds practical to be able to read and write the RFID card directly and Leap will remain RFID based for a long time given the investment in hardware made so far.


  • #66
    MOH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,475 ✭✭✭MOH


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    the app is very handy - you can check how much credit is left on the card by simply tapping the phone against it, and my wife swears by it now.
    it's a no-brainer, frankly.

    It's handy *if* you have an Android phone with NFC.


    Making your public transport ticketing easily usable by everyone without them having to download an app should be a no-brainer.


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