tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1148317348704731465.post8456132806813707315..comments2023-08-23T12:30:41.654+01:00Comments on Hugh Dixon's blog: The Mark of Zorro: How not to buy a Bath student bus passAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12437922310471769859noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1148317348704731465.post-89802287874030448492012-10-23T13:11:56.330+01:002012-10-23T13:11:56.330+01:00Sorry, rabbiting on a bit here but...
At http://w...Sorry, rabbiting on a bit here but...<br /><br />At http://www.firstgroup.com/ukbus/bristol_bath/tickets/bath/young_students.php I've just found a First Year Bath Students zones 1, 2 & 3 at £320, which if it's really available is half the price of 40 weeks' worth of adult weekly tickets or 9 months' worth of First Month Student Wests.<br /><br />Only trouble is, someone might lose it... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437922310471769859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1148317348704731465.post-39519138271975025422012-10-23T12:32:46.821+01:002012-10-23T12:32:46.821+01:00Ahhh now I get it. An adult FirstWeek costs the sa...Ahhh now I get it. An adult FirstWeek costs the same as five student FirstDays.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437922310471769859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1148317348704731465.post-82302147034269213552012-10-23T12:29:37.845+01:002012-10-23T12:29:37.845+01:00Hi First, many thanks for your comments!
There...Hi First, many thanks for your comments!<br /><br />There's nothing in the student travel leaflet we were given at Bath bus station, or that I can find on your website, that mentions a FirstWeek Bath ticket for students.<br /><br />And when I asked about weekly student tickets at Bath bus station I was told they were not available to buy on the bus.<br /><br />I wasn't asked for any details about the driver who made the mistake, and there haven't been any problems since, so I think it was just a one-off.<br /><br />To me as a user of your website (and I suspect to most people in Bath), "Bristol" means "Bristol". Don't get me started on "Avon". It was put out of its misery in 1996 ;-) <br /><br />When you hover over Bristol on the map page I linked to, the pop-up doesn't go further east than Longwell Green, and certainly doesn't cover Bath, or Wells, or Taunton or anywhere else in Somerset. (I've added a screen shot to the main blog to illustrate). Bath isn't listed in the pull-down menu below the map either.<br /><br />And if you follow the link it takes you to https://www.firstgroup.com/etickets/showticket.php?locations=124 which lists plenty of weekly, monthly and annual e-ticket options for Bristol but only a couple of annual tickets for Bath and other towns in Somerset.<br /><br />We'll certainly follow up the FirstWeek Bath option and see if they're available on the bus - it would be a heck of a lot easier than having to find the right change every morning :-)<br /><br />Cheers and thanks again for responding,<br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437922310471769859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1148317348704731465.post-39455077745322828092012-10-23T11:54:11.121+01:002012-10-23T11:54:11.121+01:00Hi Hugh,
Last week we had some problems with our ...Hi Hugh,<br /><br />Last week we had some problems with our telephone menu. Sorry to hear we had you going round in circles, but we've fixed it - by getting rid of the menu all together.<br /><br />A FirstWeek Bath ticket costs £17 - the same as buying the five FirstDay tickets, and that can be bought on the bus. For that extra 90p, he could indeed go down to Wells - the cathedral is nice.<br /><br />Bath does exist - I've seen it - but it's not on our map because Bristol, Bath, Somerset & Avon are all run as one region, and "Bristol" makes more sense to most people than "BBSA", which is what I normally call it.<br /><br />I'm glad that our chap at Bath bus station was useful - and hope he was able to confirm its existence - but did he ask you for the date, time, location and direction of travel of the driver who made the mistake? We'd like to know it so we can correct him.<br /><br />I'd advise your son to ask for a FirstWeek Bath ticket when he boards the bus (or, at the start of the next term, a FirstMonth Bath). The adult tickets can be bought on the bus for £17 or £64, and you may find that works out cheapest for you.First Bristol, Bath, Somerset and Avonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12426779948496774766noreply@blogger.com