Gair Rhydd

Giving you extra?

gair rhydd takes a look at ‘the definitive student discount card’ and finds out if they are worth the plastic they are printed on when shopping on the Cardiff High Street...

NUS Extra cards aren’t value for money in Cardiff according to an investigation by gair rhydd. gair rhydd visited several retailers in the Cardiff area that are only supposed to offer student discount to National Union of Students [NUS] Extra card holders and found that our Cardiff university cards, that bear the NUS logo, were accepted by many of the retailers.

The retailers including Subway, Topshop and Claire’s Accessories all of which are on the ‘exclusive discount’ list of NUS Extra discounts. However, the staff at these retailers accepted a Cardiff University ID card, which bears the NUS logo, and offered us discount.