Originally Posted by
themicah
craz, you're such a spendthrift telling your friend to put $8 on his metrocard when he only needed $7 ($7 * 1.15 = $8.05, which is more than the $7.25 needed for an airtrain ride + a subway ride)! Really, I expect a higher level of frugality from you.
Craz is no spendthrift: When the fare was raised from $2.00 to $2.25, the MTA raised the threshold for getting the 15% bonus on pay-per-ride Metrocards from $7.00 to $8.00. Details of the current bonus policy can be found here:
http://www.mta.info/metrocard/mcgtreng.htm#payper