Tip for emptying out Welcome Suika

If you are visiting Japan, most probably you will be buying Welcome Suika for each of your family members (since regular suika sales are restricted). Now

1. Welcome Suika doesn't offer refunds
2. On reloading machines you can only load in increments of 1000 yens.

To empty out the Suika, before your last ride, make sure your card has has less amount than fare for last ride (i think having few hundred yens are fine for you to enter the gate) and then on final destination, go to support desk next to exit gate. They can add EXACT fare adjustment to suika for you to exit the gate. (unlike reload machines which require increments of 1000 yens)

In my case , I was running out of cash to load, so gate agent was kind enough (one of reasons I love Japan) to let me out of gate to go to ATM to get cash and then come back to load it on suika. Once they load exact amount , when you exit , you will have 0 balance on your suika.