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Thread ID: 116686 2011-03-15 21:38:00 Snapper card Nomad (952) PC World Chat
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1186518 2011-03-16 05:37:00 Snapper discounts on Go Wellington services listed here: gowellingtonbus.co.nz

It does add up if you're a regular bus user, so is well worth it. Plus it's a lot more convenient than cash.
somebody (208)
1186519 2011-03-16 06:27:00 Snapper discounts on Go Wellington services listed here: gowellingtonbus.co.nz

It does add up if you're a regular bus user, so is well worth it. Plus it's a lot more convenient than cash.

Thanks for that.
May get one myself now.
The info wasn't on the snapper website. I guess Snapper is just the card thing, that they didn't want to say anything incase Go Wellington change their policy.

Not a regular Go Wellington user but it should add up.
I'm a regular Newlands Coach user.
Nomad (952)
1186520 2011-03-16 08:53:00 Unfortunately the discounts are just a fixed percentage off the cash fare.

On the WN trains you get a discount for a weekly ticket and an even bigger one for a monthly ticket.

No such thing with Snapper.
decibel (11645)
1186521 2011-03-16 09:41:00 Also the card cost $10 right? $20 credit cost $30 to buy.

The card does cost $10 but you only have to buy it once, then you keep adding credit. So $20 credit costs $20 to buy. Though in actual fact, $20 only gets you $19.75 as there is a 25c fee for topping it up (or feeding it, as they call it).

A 20% discount on the fares means your $20 credit pays for what bus fares would otherwise cost $25, so it is a very good deal compared to paying cash.
george12 (7)
1186522 2011-03-17 05:30:00 Unfortunately the discounts are just a fixed percentage off the cash fare.

On the WN trains you get a discount for a weekly ticket and an even bigger one for a monthly ticket.

No such thing with Snapper.

Apparently you can only get the $135 and $185 monthly passes with the Snapper card.
www.gowellingtonbus.co.nz

Looks like the $200 Platinum card can still be used without the Snapper or that the Platinum has not yet incorporated into the Snapper.
Nomad (952)
1186523 2011-03-17 06:14:00 And if you don't live in Wellington or Auckland as most of the population doesn't then would you buy a Snapper card?

You wouldn't.
pine-o-cleen (2955)
1186524 2011-03-17 06:50:00 Make sure you can see the card machine when you do a topup. My daughter got suspicious of one dairy where they did it out of sight and she reckons they were shortchanging her. martynz (5445)
1186525 2011-03-17 08:34:00 Make sure you can see the card machine when you do a topup. My daughter got suspicious of one dairy where they did it out of sight and she reckons they were shortchanging her.


Don't they issue a receipt?
Nomad (952)
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