Bus Eireann - very expensive, it is much cheaper if you buy online ticket

seawoman

Is it anybody buy online ticket ????

For me it is arround 20 % off price, so every 5th ticket it is for free.

example
Ashboure - Dublin return 6.8e
Online ashb-dublin = 6,12e but if you register you receive extra 60c off (every 1e=10off ) = so will be 5,52e.

Diference one month : 1,28e x 5days x 4 weeks = 25,6 e savings
In one year: 307,2e savings




(to receive loyalty point you have to register, but after register it is much easier to buy ticket, your details it is remember )

"
Welcome to the Bus Éireann Frequent Travel Points Scheme

The Bus Éireann frequent travel points scheme is our customer rewards programme that enables you to avail of free travel by collecting points for each journey you make on our services - so the more you travel, the more you save!
Bus Éireann frequent travel point scheme members earn 1 point for each €1 they spend when purchasing tickets on-line at www.buseireann.ie. Each point is worth 10 cent to spend towards the full cost of a journey.
You then accumulate your points from each purchase and when you reach the required level can convert your points to cover the full cost of a journey or journeys.
For example, a customer with 190 points (ie €19 worth of points) can use those points to travel for free on the return service between Galway and Dublin that would usually cost €19.
Bus Éireann will also run regular special offers that will give loyalty programme members the opportunity to boost their points.
To become a member of the loyalty programme, just register here. Following registration, you can log-in at any time to keep track of their points.
Once registered, to start accumulating your travel points please click here"

Cookie_Monster

wow, its obviously a great deal (do you work for them maybe)

and its €, not "e". CTRL + ALT + 4

seawoman

No i don't work for them, if i work why i wrote that it is so expensive?

I work in Dublin, so i 4-5 days in week i have to use this transport
I have a car, but parking in cityCentrum in week is very expensive:(

ressem

Tried it once. The bus driver was fiddling at the machine to type in a validation code for what seemed like two minutes.

Whoever specced and implemented the system chose not to add barcodes, nor to allow them to interoperate with the bus eireann ticket machines ( unlike the Irish Rail ones which only require the traveller to insert the credit card used for booking).
I'd be interested to know why they thought that this design was sensible.
You even need to have photo ID ready, according to the site.

By the way seawoman, you might want to ease off mentioning this in so many threads. It's starting to sound like advertising.

AlekSmart

By the way seawoman, you might want to ease off mentioning this in so many threads. It's starting to sound like advertising.

Seawoman,by the sounds of ye,Irish is not your mother tongue ?

Or maybe not....

Anyway as already comprehensively pointed out,it is not in the Irish national psyche to be anything other than cynical,especially in relation to CIE companies :rolleyes:.

So perhaps it`s best to let the company concerned do it`s own marketing whilst you continue to enjoy the benefits of on-line ordering ?

I would however totally endorse Ressems comments on the clunkieness and essentially un-user friendliness of the BE system.....Get into gear BE and you`ll make hay !!!

Moonbeam

taxsaver.ie might be a better option for you.

seawoman

taxsaver.ie
- do you know how much it is cost?

It is any sense buy taxsaver for when someone use 3-4 times/week ?

Victor

seawoman wrote: »

taxsaver.ie
- do you know how much it is cost?

It is any sense buy taxsaver for when someone use 3-4 times/week ?

A Taxsaver ticket can only be bought by your employer. They can give it to you tax free, so you end up paying 0-50% less than the price for a normal monthly or annual ticket.

Jehuty42

AltGr+4 works for € too.

ebbsy

Still way cheaper than the thrain though.

veryangryman

Mayn....