I Love Latino LA TAP Cards

October 16, 2017- I was finally about to track down and buy the I Love Latino LA TAP Cards.    The grey downtown LA was issued in 2014.  The purple downtown LA was issued in 2015.  The white box TAP card was issued in 2016.

I found out about the 2014, 2015, and 2016 I Love Latino LA TAP Cards on the Latino Heritage Instagram page.  Then a couple months back, they had a picture of the 2017 Latino Heritage TAP card on their Instagram page, but they didn't have any information about to buy the TAP card.

Last week I went to the Latino Heritage LA website and found a phone number to call.  The lady who answered the phone was very helpful.  She told me the 2014, 2015, and 2016 TAP Cards are still available, all three for $20!  Each TAP Card is suppose to have $1.75 of stored value loaded on them.  But, I didn't have time to go to a station and check.  But, the TAP cards have a little known thing about them.  If a TAP card isn't used for 18 months, they will take out $1 as a service charge!!!

They will mail them or you can pick them up at the Latino Heritage LA office.  The 2017 Latino Heritage LA TAP Cards are $20!  Yes, $20, but they do have $1.75 of stored value loaded on the TAP cards.  I just think that is too much to spend, so I passed.

2015 Special Olympics World Games Tap Card

I have an extra 2015 Special Olympics World Games TAP card to trade!  If you have the 2017 Golden Streets,  2016 Expo Line to Santa Monica or 2016 Veterans Day or the 2015 25 Years of Metro, TAP cards I will trade with you!


The 2015 Special Olympics World Games TAP card was issued in July 2015.  As stated in this story about the release of this TAP card, all stations listed should have the TAP cards stocked by July 20, 2015.  The link in the story that lists the stations isn't working, so I don't remember which stations had this TAP card.

As far as I can remember, I got this TAP card with very little hassle when it was release.  Pretty sure I got this TAP card at either the Sierra Madre station, which at that time was the end of the Gold Line, or Union Station! 

But, a very interesting thing happened two year later!  Yes, TWO YEARS later!!  While trying to buy the AARP TAP card at the 7th & Metro station, the Hope Street entrance, the machine gave me another 2015 Special Olympics World Games TAP Card!  2 years later this card was being issued!!  I was a bit upset because I really like the AARP Tap cards, but then I figured I had trade material with this Special Olympics TAP card!