RailFanLNK
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4 of us will be traversing the cities of NYC and Washington DC/Arlington this summer. There is 2 adults and 2 daughters ages 16 and 18. What kind of fare cards should we get? In CHI I have bought 3-day fare cards but it doesn't look like NYC or DC has the 3-day kind. We will be in NYC Thursday-Sunday and DC Monday-Friday July 4th. I have noticed (at least to me) that the fare cards with the Metro are complicated. I want to put my fare card in the machine, then out and hop on. I don't want to pay extra change etc. I need this to be as painless as possible with 4 of us travelling together and most of us aren't commuter rail whizzes. Should I just buy four 1 day passes for 4 days in both places? In CHI, you use them for 72 hours, there's no transfer fees etc. I just don't want to be standing somewhere on a busy day and have a line behind me while I try to figure out what I owe or what I need to purchase. I'm a little OCD so I want to pre-purchase them and have them in my luggage when I hit the specific cities. Thanks!
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