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Couch
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From what I read, the OV-Chipkaart costs 7.50. Do you get 7.50 worth of credit on the card, or is it just 7.50 for the privilege of having the card, then you have to add $ to the e-purse to go anywhere?


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The 7,50 is a fee for the card that you don't get back. You can get the 24 - 168 hour passes without paying the 7,50. http://www.gvb.nl/english/travellers/ti ... ducts.aspx

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But the card is good for five years, so if you are a repeat traveler it works out to be cheaper pretty quick.
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Couch wrote:From what I read, the OV-Chipkaart costs 7.50. Do you get 7.50 worth of credit on the card, or is it just 7.50 for the privilege of having the card, then you have to add $ to the e-purse to go anywhere?
You have to add more money to travel, minimum balance
4E for bus/tram, 20E for trains.

As geeky says if you are a repeat visitor, it's
worth it, and it can be used all over the Netherlands
(bus, train, trams) - so nice for trips out.

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Using my card on bus 197, cost of the trip back to the airport was €2,53, with €12,05 rermaining on the card. Yeah, I made a note of it.

Quick and easy to reload at a Metro station (fuck that crowded GVB office, unless you get there at 7am). BigJames420 pointed me to the Metro station near Voyagers and we both reloaded very quickly.
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Balou wrote:The 7,50 is a fee for the card that you don't get back. You can get the 24 - 168 hour passes without paying the 7,50. http://www.gvb.nl/english/travellers/ti ... ducts.aspx

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Great link thanks! Will use every trip!
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hulldj
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Does anyone know if there any way of checking credit online with the anonymous ov?

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aaron
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not possible to check online with anonymous ov, only registered cards.
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Balou wrote:The 7,50 is a fee for the card that you don't get back. You can get the 24 - 168 hour passes without paying the 7,50. http://www.gvb.nl/english/travellers/ti ... ducts.aspx

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I had to use the tram a lot recently with some guests... it worked out cheaper to use the passes than the OV chip.
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