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[LJ]

Commie bastards.

[Mike K.]

But even still, $130 is still less than $138.50, last time I checked. In that scenario, the Coho still costs more.

It can also cost less, when the exchange shifts.

[dasmo]

But rarely have a gate or even a walkway exclusively for them. Nobody but COHO and Clipper get to dock at Belleville.

And they pay for the privilege and both runs are geared to take people here and back bringing dollars here. I’m ok with nationalized infrastructure. Hard to privately finance and build each stretch of road….

[dasmo]

It can also cost less, when the exchange shifts.

And it’s what? 10% more with 1/20th the ridership.

[Mike K.]

And dependable. It’s saved plenty of family trips, too, when things went south via BCF.

[dasmo]

Either you lose $110, or $20, if you can’t make it on time. I would never pre-pay given how bad our infrastructure is and how a single, small accident can keep you from getting to the terminal on time.

It’s irritating that you lose your reservation. Also irritating that you need to be there so early for it to count. The cut off should be 15 minutes not 30. At 30 you have to time to be there 45 before. This renders the reservation useless in most cases. Unless you don’t reserve. Then you are guaranteed to have a sailing wait.

[Mike K.]

It’s a bit scammy.

I have stopped doing the reservation thing completely, it’s just too tricky to nail it down just on time when you’re coming in from a trip through the interior. As if you can plan for a 30 minute window arriving on a Sunday from Prince George, cmon now.

Also, the last two times I’ve arrived at Tsawwassen the faster way home was via Nanaimo.

Vort may not realize they not everyone’s itinerary is simple and streamlined.

[lanforod]

It absolutely should be a 15 minute window. Or really, it should be a window that ends when boarding starts, thats it. Once boarding starts, then its fair game for standby to boot reservations.

[FogPub]

Dynamic Pricing has been used by BCF for the last several years on the major routes to spread out demand. Check a random weekday in the summer Swartz to Tsawwassen. On August 11th, the first sailing at 6am is $79 (car and driver). The 7am - 3pm ones are full price ($110). After 4pm they drop, with the last two evening sailings $49. Prices will go up as more of each sailing gets booked, just as airline dynamic pricing works.

Airline dynamic pricing is awful.  If I see a flight from point A to point B costs X amount today I should be able to rely on and plan around that price if-when I go to book said flight a month later.

[Victoria Watcher]

Why?

Apply that person to person transactions like real estate or vehicles or your own labour services.

Dynamic pricing is TRUE pricing.

[dasmo]

Airline dynamic pricing is horrible!!! A month? Trie a minute. It’s also tailored to your IP or something. This last ticket I got, I tried using the robot to pre arrange it and give me a link so I could just buy it on sight. Of course the robot just lied and did not figure anything out and just gave me random links to Expedia. I did this because I know what happens…. I then gave up, started my search, saw a flight for $1,4000, ran into complications, had to back out. Went back in a minute later and that flight was no longer and the minimum was $2,400. I went with a travel agent…. If I am going to pay top dollar, someone else can do the leg work.

[LJ]

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