Originally Posted by
joesmoe
Also they have a deal right now where you get round trip on the narita express ( the train that goes to/from the airport and tokyo), where for something like 50EUR you'll get the round trip to/from the airport, 1500 Yen suica credit, and a suica card.
That's actually the Suica/N'Ex combo package that the OP is talking about and I linked to.
Originally Posted by
joesmoe
Normally the Suica itself is 500Yen, and if i remember correctly only comes with 500Yen credit.
That's only if you buy the Suica card at the minimum purchase amount (1000 yen). You can actually buy a Suica card with 10,000 yen and get a card with 9,500 yen credit on it. The 500 yen is a deposit; if you want to, after your last ride with the Suica card you can go to any ticket office and return the Suica card to get your deposit back. If there is any remaining balance, they'll refund it too minus a 210 yen service charge.
Thanks RichardInSF, I didn't realize that was where the confusion started.