Oddity

[flemmings]

I swing down to the bus station (after cursing the impossibility of finding any addresses for Greyhound agents in TO) and ask for a round-trip ticket to Kitchener on Saturday. "You're going and coming back the same day?" the guy asks. "Yup." "Well, if you buy the day itself, it's around $28. But if you buy in advance it's about $20 more." "Uhh- what? What's the usual fare?" "$48 plus tax." "Uh. Oh. I see." Henh-- thought you could avoid lining up with the throngs for hours on a holiday Saturday, did you? Showed you, we did.

I still can't see the logic of that at all. Don't you *want* some idea in advance of how many people want to go to somewhere before you start filling your buses up with bodies?

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[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Now that *IS* odd. Usually it is cheaper to buy in advance. On long haul bus rides (in the UK anyways) I've always assumed you paid the extra buying on the day itself, for causing inconvenience and holding things up. Same thing goes for long train rides.

Meh! Some things are just different in some places is all. ^_^