(02 Nov 2013, 9:43 pm)Dan wrote Plenty of my mates who live in Tyne & Wear don't have Key Cards - they only have POP cards... I just don't understand why.
Let's say they make an off trip to Durham from Sunderland on the 20 once every two months. They're going to make a massive saving by using a Key Card! Christ, some of the posher ones could even afford a new shirt from Jack Wills or something with the savings if they had a Key Card!
Given that your first card is free, I really do not understand why people don't apply for one just in case.
If making that odd journey into Co Durham, then it is worth it. I agree with you there.
If it never happens - then that is reason enough to not bother applying.
To order a card 'just incase', but not find it or forget where you left it a year earlier then defeats the object.
The one time me and my son needed a bus into Durham, was one Saturday over the summer and he was charged 90p each way.
It was only afterwards I realised the drivers had made a mistake...
Back in the day - the old T&W child pass was issued on reaching 14. Not 11 and not 16 or 18.
On a slightly different note, I agree with aureolin and the points he has made re the Key card.