Originally Posted by
armagebedar
No free tickets or anything like that -- the idea is to convert it into e-money, which you can then use anywhere Suica is accepted. You do not accrue points by simply riding the train.
Interesting. Thank you all for the information. So, you don't earn anything for riding the train (nothing for BIS), but do you earn for tickets purchased with your SUICA?
For example, if I have a registered SUICA card that is enrolled in the program and I use that card to head out to Kamakura on JR by tapping it at the usual pay gate. That's 890Y for the ticket (I think). Would I earn 4 SUICA points for that? If I spent another 110Y on a Mt. Rainier Coffee ("The Mountain of Seattle") would I earn another SUICA point at the end of that transaction?
(So, (890 + 110)/200 = 5 SUICA points?)
What I'm really interested in is the economics of the SUICA card system as a payment system. I am assuming that they merchants have to pay a processing fee to JR in order to accept the card as payment and that JR is functioning as a bank in regards to this aspect of their business.
Again, thanks for filling me in.
