So this thing costs $40 in trips to get (plus the 15% bonus, so $46 in trips, actually). When the thing reaches a $30 balance, they put an additional $40 on the card (so $46 in trips, until they eliminate the pay-per-ride bonus, and then who knows what they'll do?). Seems a little high of a minimum balance to me.
I would expect for such an investment, for this thing to be some sort of more durable Metrocard than the standard one. Not so much - I just got a standard Metrocard, with the automatic refill stuff printed on the back (warning me to under no circumstances use it in a vending machine or at a station booth) instead of some subway safety message in a language that I may or may not understand (sometimes they're printed in English, and sometimes in Spanish).
Since I plan to go to JFK in the next month, and this new-fangled automatic refill Metrocard doesn't work there for some (probably political) reason, I'm happy that I still have my standard (almost indistinguishable) Metrocard on hand.
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