What your extra fare gets you.

[portarlington_user]

Originally Posted by 2Funki4Wheelz

Don't get the ID card thing either unless it's for reduced fares, e.g. weekend or student. My monthly ticket has no distinguishing features, I could hand it to anyone if I had a few days off.

Well that's what I don't understand, I've only recently started the weekly ticket instead of the monthly and only since then I was asked for ID. It's only when you buy it that you're ever asked for it, cos I deliberately don't show it with my ticket just to see am I ever asked, and of course I'm not. Coming up to Christmas I gave some weekly tickets to my mam and sisters etc when they were doing their shopping and they had no problems and weren't asked for ID.
When I stopped using my annual ticket and it was out of date, I deliberately showed that for a good 2 months every day before eventually a Dublin Bus driver copped it was out of date and he was the only person to ask to see a valid ticket (which I always had!). Not one member of IE staff ever noticed.

[Mark Gleeson]

Well I've never been asked to produce the student travelcard for student ticket on train, normally not a issue since the booking office key in the ID number onto the ticket but you can buy intercity studernt fares online

Lazy staff use the classic override all zero (bank officials here know all about the all zeros bank account)

[craigybagel]

Originally Posted by Mark Gleeson

Well I've never been asked to produce the student travelcard for student ticket on train, normally not a issue since the booking office key in the ID number onto the ticket but you can buy intercity studernt fares online

Lazy staff use the classic override all zero (bank officials here know all about the all zeros bank account)

Trust me if your 19 and male theyll make sure you have id!when you buy the ticket, at the barrier, on the train.........

[MOH]

Originally Posted by portarlington_user

When I stopped using my annual ticket and it was out of date, I deliberately showed that for a good 2 months every day before eventually a Dublin Bus driver copped it was out of date and he was the only person to ask to see a valid ticket (which I always had!). Not one member of IE staff ever noticed.

I did that when I used to live beside Tara St. Got sick of everyone getting delayed by the (usually single) ticket checker every evening, for about a month I deliberately showed a ticket from the previous day, or week, or my last trip down the country - any IE ticket I had on me. Did that for a month, one guy noticed once. I always had the correct ticket anyway.

Since they obviously never check the tickets properly, why bother holding everyone up?

[hhf8]

the ones in connolly haven't looked at my ticket in about 3 months!