Charging to Top up a Leap card

James Howard · 08-11-2014, 18:35

You can avoid having to pay extra to top up by doing it on-line, setting up auto top-up or using a luas machine. As a matter of principle, personally I wouldn't pay a premium for phone credit or a leap card top-up, but it is obvious that it costs more to provide the service if it requires a human to process the transaction.

By using an automated service, you are cutting the transaction costs for leap, and you receive a benefit in the form of the lack of a transaction fee.

What would be helpful for occasional users would be the option to set a 5 euro auto top-up threshold. I go through spates of using my card every few months as mostly I travel on my rail only pass. I would rather not have 10 euro sitting unused on the card for months. As I only use the card around Dublin, a 5 euro reserve is plenty for my purposes.

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08-11-2014, 18:35	#7
James Howard Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sligo Line Posts: 1,115	You can avoid having to pay extra to top up by doing it on-line, setting up auto top-up or using a luas machine. As a matter of principle, personally I wouldn't pay a premium for phone credit or a leap card top-up, but it is obvious that it costs more to provide the service if it requires a human to process the transaction. By using an automated service, you are cutting the transaction costs for leap, and you receive a benefit in the form of the lack of a transaction fee. What would be helpful for occasional users would be the option to set a 5 euro auto top-up threshold. I go through spates of using my card every few months as mostly I travel on my rail only pass. I would rather not have 10 euro sitting unused on the card for months. As I only use the card around Dublin, a 5 euro reserve is plenty for my purposes.