No; your personalised TFI Leap Card is unique to you. Only the person whose name & photo is printed on the card, can use it. If someone else uses your personalised TFI Leap Card, they may be fined & have the card confiscated.
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| Who | Any adult requiring a personalised card to travel (eg. Taxsaver tickets) |
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| Who | Students in full-time third level education can apply for a Student Leap Card. People aged 19-23 years can get a Young Adult Leap Card. |
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| Who | Anyone aged 5 to 15 wishing to avail of child / schoolchild fares |
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| Who | Anyone aged 16 to 18 wishing to avail of child / schoolchild fares |
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The new Young Adult (19-23) Leap Card launched on May 9th 2022. You can get yours online here
You can load a range of tickets onto your TFI Leap Card. You have a number of options depending on which transport operator you use:
From 5th September 2022 Young Adults and Student Leap Card holders can avail of 50% discounts on additional commercial bus services. Further details on how to get the discount and the most up-to-date list of participants can be found here
Many TaxSaver tickets can now be loaded onto Adult Personalised TFI Leap Cards. These include monthly and annual tickets from Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus and Go-Ahead Ireland, Irish Rail, Luas, Ashbourne Connect, Collins Coaches, Matthews.ie, Swords Express and Wexford Bus. These tickets are ordered through your employer.
No; your personalised TFI Leap Card is unique to you. Only the person whose name & photo is printed on the card, can use it. If someone else uses your personalised TFI Leap Card, they may be fined & have the card confiscated.
Validators are programmed to check if your card has a valid ticket for the applicable service first. If there is a valid ticket on the card, it simply validates and no Travel Credit is deducted. If there is no valid ticket for the service, the Validator will use Travel Credit instead.
The replacement process currently varies depending on your ticket type. For more information on replacing a lost, please visit TaxSaver TFI Leap Card.
No; tax savings are only applicable to the TaxSaver tickets you buy for your card through your employer.
Any TaxSaver ticket renewals, or tickets bought online but not yet loaded onto your TFI Leap Card, can be viewed from the Card Overview screen of your LeapCard.ie account.
Any travel credit top-ups that have not yet been collected & loaded onto your TFI Leap Card, can be viewed from the Card Overview screen of your LeapCard.ie account.
If you order a new ticket for your TaxSaver TFI Leap Card, you need to load it onto your card prior to travelling.
Tickets can normally be loaded onto your card towards the end of the month for the next month or year’s travel. For example, a ticket that is valid for February would normally be ready to load at the end of January. Tickets must be loaded within 1 month of purchase.
When you get your TaxSaver TFI Leap Card from your employer, the ticket you ordered is normally pre-loaded onto the card. You simply use the card to travel on the applicable services during the valid time period.
Yes, your ticket has simply been loaded onto a TFI Leap Card, so your tax benefits are unchanged.
Yes, your TaxSaver TFI Leap Card can be topped up with Travel Credit or Tickets, at over 500 shops nationwide, as well as at all Luas stops & DART/Commuter Rail stations. You may wish to do this if you want to travel on services where your TaxSaver ticket is not valid.
It depends on when your employer processed your ticket order. Tickets can usually be loaded onto your card towards the end of the month for the next month/years travel. For example, a ticket that is valid for February would normally be ready to load at the end of January.
