Ticket question

[auburnfive]

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]

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]

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]

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.

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]

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]

I always print out the ticket as a fall back

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

 

[WalkingInGers]

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

 

[judydaisy]

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]

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…

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

 

[naplesdon]

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.