Ticket question

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auburnfive

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• Jul 20, 2023

• #1

Sorry for this non - techie question dumb question but if you are purchasing an advance bus ticket online. from Alsa or Monbus , do you need to pint out a paper ticket to show to the driver? Or can you load it onto your phone and show the driver? Thanks

 

Bradypus

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• Jul 20, 2023

• #2

For ALSA you can show the ticket on your phone - unless you are travelling to or from Morocco

How to board the bus - Alsa

Al subir al autobús, puedes presentar tu billete al conductor de varias maneras. Averigua todas las opciones que ALSA te da.

www.alsa.com

 

tjz

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• Jul 20, 2023

• #3

There is an ALSA app for iOS (Android too I imagine) that allows you to buy a ticket and display when boarding the bus. All very convenient if you are OK without paper tickets. I've used it a half dozen times and never had a problem.

 

dougfitz

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• Jul 20, 2023

• #4

tjz said:

There is an ALSA app for iOS (Android too I imagine) that allows you to buy a ticket and display when boarding the bus. All very convenient if you are OK without paper tickets. I've used it a half dozen times and never had a problem.

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There is an ALSA Android app. They will also email you a pdf version of the ticket that the driver can scan from your phone. The only times I got paper tickets this year was at the ticket counters of bus stations if I purchased tickets there, not just for ALSA but other operators as well.

 

John Sikora

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• Jul 20, 2023

• #5

This may seem stupid, but I always print out the ticket as a fall back in case my phone loses power or some other anomaly. Belt and suspenders when traveling....

In the light of full disclosure, over 5 Caminos, my phone and Internet have never failed me. I use the ALSA app if appropriate and store the appropriate emails locally.

 

Glenshiro

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• Jul 20, 2023

• #6

John Sikora said:

I always print out the ticket as a fall back

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So do I.
As one of my school teachers was fond of saying "paper has a long memory."

 

WalkingInGers

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• Jul 20, 2023

• #7

I would have both the paper ticket and a copy of it on the phone.

 

judydaisy

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• Jul 20, 2023

• #8

Reminds me of a favourite uncle way back. He was an accountant for the then London County Council. Caculators were just coming into their own. He always did the “sums” by calculator but then double checked the results long hand! You can never be too sure…

 

henrythedog

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• Jul 20, 2023

• #9

judydaisy said:

Reminds me of a favourite uncle way back. He was an accountant for the then London County Council. Caculators were just coming into their own. He always did the “sums” by calculator but then double checked the results long hand! You can never be too sure…

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Every good accountant adds up the columns and then the rows.

 

naplesdon

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• Jul 20, 2023

• #10

I have found traveling on ALSA that whether you have a paper ticket or a QR code on your phone, the bus driver has your name on a list when you are ready to board. If your name is not on his list you will be sent back to the ticket booth.