<p>Worth getting? For all 4 years? Do you have to have it on hand to get the discount or is it somehow connected with your ID or in the system? THanks.</p>
<p>You get a card and you use the ID number most of the time. It’s not worth it if you’re looking to get discounts locally. It is worth it if you’ll be writing Amtrak quite a bit.</p>
<p>Okay, good to know, thanks.</p>
<p>riding, not writing, obviously.</p>
<p>Sorry, grad school started last week and the days have just been endless since. That’s embarrassing.</p>
<p>I agree. I’m pretty sure it has already paid itself off with all the transportation discounts I got. (It works for buses too!)</p>
<p>And lots of stores back home take 'em. And all people really need is the number, so my brothers get great discounts too!</p>