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Happy to report that I just booked a NYC-BGM mid-December trip for $1.50 on Megabus. With the BGM-ITH add-on, the NYC-ITH one-way will cost a whopping $14.00.
No luck on the ITH-NYC return, however, as all of the BGM-NYC trips are pricing at $41.00 (probably due to the end-of-semester exodus).
Where did you find tickets to Ithaca? I've been on the Megabus website and they don't say they have a stop in Ithaca. And which day were you traveling on when you got the ticket from NYC to BGM for $1.50? Was the add-on from BGM to ITH through Megabus? I'm a broke college kid trying to get to Ithaca for the cheapest price possible and I don't want to stop until I get tickets for the price you got them for. Thanks!
Megabus does not sell tickets to or from Ithaca; they sell tickets between NYC and Binghamton (in both directions). The Megabus trips are operated on a Coach USA/Short Line bus that runs between NYC and Ithaca, with stops at Monticello and Binghamton. You buy the BGM-ITH ticket directly from Short Line in BGM or Monticello (the bus from NYC to ITH stops for five to ten minutes at each place). My earlier post indicating that you can buy the BGM-ITH ticket at the NYC Short Line ticket office was in error: I tried to do that once, and was informed that that office only sells tickets to or from NYC.
From ITH to NYC, you buy your ITH-BGM ticket directly from Short Line at the State Street Bus terminal. When the bus gets to BGM, you get off, go into the bus station, collect your Megabus ticket at the Short Line ticket window, and then re-board your bus. (The bus lays over for about ten minutes in BGM, and there will be a change of drivers.)
To get the $1.50 fare from NYC-BGM or from BGM-NYC, you must be the first one to purchase a ticket on a particular bus on megabus.com. Megabus uses a bucket system to price its tickets: tickets sold first are cheaper than tickets sold last. And it's possible that on dates when high demand is expected (like school breaks), no cheap fares will be offered at all.
Try checking mid-week fares about four-six weeks in advance, and you'll probably find a $5.50 fare (and maybe even a $1.50 fare) on at least some trips.