If you use a combination of Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland Dublin City services, Luas, DART and Commuter Rail, your travel credit use will be capped at the rate of the combined cap.
If you make lots of trips using your TFI Leap Card in any one day or one week (Monday to Sunday), on Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland Dublin City services, Luas, DART and commuter rail, we’ll automatically cap the price so you don’t spend any more than you need to. Once you hit the cap, you can travel for free for the rest of the day or week.
Please note: the weekly capping period starts at 4:30am on Monday to 4:29am the following Monday, the amount spent is reset and cannot be carried over. A new daily capping period starts at 4:30am each day and the amount spent is reset and cannot be carried over. When you’ve reached the daily/weekly cap, continue to touch on and touch off as normal. Travel credit will not be charged on the applicable services after you’ve hit a cap.
Click on the table below to see which cap value applies to you (fares valid from 9th of May 2022):
| Adult | Young Adult/Student | Child | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Cap | €5.60 | €2.80 | €2.10 |
| Weekly Cap (Mon-Sun) | €22.00 | €11.00 | €6.80 |
| Adult | Young Adult/Student | Child | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Cap | €5.60 | €2.80 | €2.10 |
| Weekly Cap (Mon-Sun) | €22.00 | €11.00 | €6.80 |
| Adult | Young Adult/Student | Child | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Cap | €7.60 | €3.80 | €2.50 |
| Weekly Cap (Mon-Sun) | €29.60 | €14.80 | €10.00 |
| Adult | Young Adult/Student | Child | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Cap | €8.00 | €4.00 | €2.80 |
| Weekly (Mon – Sun) | €32.00 | €16.00 | €11.20 |
Please note: Capping applies to Dublin City Bus scheduled services including Xpresso. It excludes Nitelink, Tours and Go-Ahead Ireland Commuter services. Capping only applies to journeys taken by the card holder.
If you use a combination of Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland Dublin City services, Luas, DART and Commuter Rail, your travel credit use will be capped at the rate of the combined cap.
Nitelink, Tours and Go-Ahead Ireland Commuter services are excluded from capping.
The amount you save depends on how many trips you make and what those trips are. To work out your savings add up all your TFI Leap Card fares during a Daily or Weekly (Mon 4:30am – Mon 4:29am) time period and subtract either the Daily or Weekly Cap amount.
Your TFI Leap Card will calculate the total value of your journey in the relevant period & automatically apply the relevant cap.
The system adds up how much travel credit you’ve used on the applicable services on a given day or week and then it stops taking any more once the applicable cap value is reached.
No, the cap rates for Luas covers travel through all Luas zones. The Cap rates for DART/Commuter Rail cover travel through all DART/Commuter Rail stations in the short hop zone.
You were probably near the applicable cap value for that day or week. For example, if you are using an adult card and have already spent €6.00 on Luas in a given day and you take one more journey, the system will only deduct €1 in order to bring you up to the cap level of €7. Once the Cap has been reached all further Touch On and Off values should be €0.00 and no further credit deducted from your card.
When you get close to a Daily or Weekly cap you will only be charged the amount to bring you up to the cap. After you have reached a cap you will be charged €0.00 for subsequent travel that day or over the Week (Mon-Sun).
Sometimes the Weekly cap (Mon – Sun) amount may be reached before the Daily cap. The Weekly cap (Mon – Sun) adds up the credit used each day and may be reached before the Daily cap towards the end of the week. In these cases the amount deducted from your card will stop at the Weekly cap (Mon – Sun) value. This is normal and all subsequent travel is free until the end of the week (Monday 4:29am). Once you reach the cap value, you are still required to Touch On and Touch Off as normal in order to have a valid ticket.
You can view your last 5 transactions on a Luas, DART or Commuter Rail Ticket Machine. You can view your last 50 transactions in your travel history if you sign in to your online account. It takes approximately 24 hours for your most recent transactions to appear in your online account.
The Leap Top-up App for Android also shows your last 5 transactions and how close you are to hitting a cap. The capping feature is currently not available for the IOS app.
