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Jay20
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Mar 11, 2009 - 10:20 PM |
 
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Today I asked the clerk at the english speaking counter at Shanghai railway station if I'd get a student discount for Shanghai-Hangzhou-Shanghai. She asked for my student ID but after flashing her my SHUFE ID (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) the clerk said I won't get a discount.
Any information about student discount on China's railways? Is it (if there is one) only for some specific trains or journeys?
Would ISIC (International Student Identity Card) do any better? |
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Jimmy_Floyd
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Mar 12, 2009 - 10:08 AM |
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You'd have to ask a Chinese person about this, but from what I remember from working at a university here, the discount is only given to Chinese students travelling between their home town and the university town. It is possible they only get a certain number of trips a year in this way as well.
As a foreigner (which I'm assuming you are) I think it's hugely unlikley you will be given any kind of discount. I doubt they would even know what an ISIC card is, so I wouldn't bother if I were you. No harm in trying though I suppose.
Having said that, my ISIC card did get me some discounts at a few random places back in the day (Summer Palace in Beijing, and Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan from what I remember) |
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yu888
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Mar 12, 2009 - 11:39 AM |
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Based on info I got, students get discounts during holidays to go home and the ID needs to be the kind that has a mag strip on their ID to be eligible. |
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Jay20
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Mar 12, 2009 - 02:10 PM |
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| the ID needs to be the kind that has a mag strip on their ID to be eligible. |
Makes sense as the clerk was checking the back of my card. |
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