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Thank you for sharing your thoughts!I have usually found advance purchase is cheaper but I do not know if that is a definite rule. Something else to consider though: the Christmas and New Year holiday period is approaching and in Spain that extends beyond January 6th. Many people will be travelling and buses and trains are likely to fill up well in advance. Is your journey in that period? If so is it worth risking being unable to travel on arrival in Spain to save what will probably be a relatively small sum for advance booking? Personally I would bite the bullet and fork out a few extra euros to be confident of a seat on the date and time of my choice
To be clear are you saying that the ‘Alsa’ quote includes a fee, as well as the fare?Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Yes indeed it's on Jan 3, but I was thinking of purchasing it at the ticket office as soon as I arrive in Barcelona on Dec 20 and buy my onward ticket to Madrid. I also thought about tickets being sold out but at the same time people told me Spaniards don't pre-purchase tickets that much in advance.....
The deal is great but the fee is more than half of the bus ticket so I was thinking if I could avoid paying that then even better. Thanks again!
There is a booking fee when you book online or through their app. It's free at the ticket office but I am not sure if the prices are the same as online. Hence this post.To be clear are you saying that the ‘Alsa’ quote includes a fee, as well as a fare, when you look at booking?
Ah ok! I have Alway been registered too!I too haver never paid a booking fee. I just priced a trip on the ALSA app without logging in and it appears if you haven’t registered for ALSA Plus there is a fee. Registering is free. Once registered it is much quicker to use.
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I'm seeing several services with €5 tickets and with an additional €2.90 "management fee". €7.90 Barcelona to Madrid seems like a bargain to me. It's also clear from ALSA's website that if you pre-register for ALSA Plus there are no management fees.There is a booking fee when you book online or through their app. It's free at the ticket office but I am not sure if the prices are the same as online. Hence this post.
Ah yes. Thank you. Yes they seem to be offering €5 on select services on certain routes. I bagged a €5 Alicante to Madrid a few weeks back, and for folks who are doing the same route a few times (unlikely on here I know) you can buy a pass at heavily discounted prices for that route.I'm seeing several services with €5 tickets and with an additional €2.90 "management fee". €7.90 Barcelona to Madrid seems like a bargain to me. It's also clear from ALSA's website that if you pre-register for ALSA Plus there are no management fees.
"Los clientes Alsa Plus disfrutan de costes de gestión gratis a partir de la primera compra. Si eres Alsa Plus, recuerda identificarte como tal antes de iniciar la compra. Para beneficiarte de esta y otras ventajas, regístrate en nuestra web."
Thanks, I get it now. I was trying to understand how the booking fee could be "more than half the bus ticket" for a long distance ALSA bus trip.'m seeing several services with €5 tickets and with an additional €2.90 "management fee". €7.90 Barcelona to Madrid seems like a bargain to me.
If you download the App I don’t think you would even notice signing up for ALSA plus. I didn’t and I have, if that makes sense.Thanks. I didn’t even realise I was a subscriber but I must be as just did a fare quote and it says ‘free management fees’!
I note at the top of the BCN - MAD page it refers to unlimited travel on that route for €15 to 31/12/23 which must be what the email I received must be about! Great value!!
Odd one! At Cordoba bus station now travelling to Malaga and the online price and the ticket machine price are same!Can’t say as how I’ve noticed a booking fee - I’m also registered Alsa Plus. But about 10 days ago I was having trouble buying a ticket online from Malaga to Murcia so I finally went to the bus station and bought my ticket from the machine there and it was about one Euro cheaper than their website. Go figure.
Yep! Strongly agree with all of that!If you download the App I don’t think you would even notice signing up for ALSA plus. I didn’t and I have, if that makes sense.
I’ll take the opportunity to flag up that ALSAs APP and website are simple to use and, whenever I’ve cancelled a refundable ticket the refund has been instantaneous.
Advance purchase on ALSA and RENFE is often so highly discounted that if uncertain of departure time it can still be cheaper to but two tickets in advance rather than buy the correct one on departure.
Is that a certainty - that Alsa bus station fares are higher and different from Alsa online fares???Buying Alsa bus tickets online in advance is cheaper than buying them on the day at the bus station. I suggest you Alsa App, it's a great resource and works good
I will close the thread, but we don't normally delete threads like this because they may have useful information for other members.I don't know how to delete this post as I have already solved it. Thank you all for answering and trying to help!
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