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mlshanks Nov 29, 2012 11:02 am
Megabus is BACK!!!!
 
...and offering $1 fares from LA to SFO, LA to Las Vegas, and SFO to Sparks for their first week!

Quality low-cost bus service returns to California!

http://laist.com/2012/11/28/megabus_...ress_servi.php

JerryFF Nov 29, 2012 12:11 pm
I've always been curious how their business model works. I assume that they only offer a certain number of seats on each trip for $1.

Doc Savage Nov 29, 2012 12:12 pm
YQ is $74.68 on LA-SFO.









:D

iskwee Nov 29, 2012 2:29 pm
I saw this blowing up on Facebook but couldn't believe it. $1 from San Jose to LA is just crazy cheap.

mlshanks Nov 29, 2012 10:23 pm
Originally Posted by JerryFF (Post 19767133)
I've always been curious how their business model works. I assume that they only offer a certain number of seats on each trip for $1.
It's the usual EU low-cost yield management scenario. Seats are released for sale 1-2 months in advance. When they were last in CA, they averaged a couple $1 seats per bus, a few more released at about $3, and price buckets increased with the the number of tickets sold and how close it was to the day of travel. Last-minute tickets (24 hour cutoff due to Internet/telephone only CC sales) typically averaged 5-10% less than the equivalent Greyhound ticket...and since their buses were clean, comfortable, had WiFi, and weren't full of scary/crazy/drugged/criminal/dirty people...they were a distinct cut above.

JerryFF Nov 30, 2012 2:11 pm
Are the tickets transferable or do they have to be used by the purchaser?

calwatch Dec 2, 2012 6:16 pm
Transferring incurs the change fee.

For the LA-Bay Area run I played with the booking engine and there are actually about 20 $1 seats on the weekdays, then about 10 $3 seats. The jump to the next fare bucket of $25, $30, or $35 is abrupt. There are no fares charged above $35.

JerryFF Dec 6, 2012 12:14 pm
Free Seats
 
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...-book-now.html

JDiver Mar 24, 2013 11:57 am
Those of us who fly a lot will understand how Megabus works - they use Revenue management, so as the lower fare buckets get used up the price increases.

Their routes now extend to Sacramento and Reno, NV.

NEW YORK, NY (November 28, 2012) – Megabus.com, the first city-to-city, express bus company with fares from $1, today announced expansion to California and Nevada. California and Nevada residents can now travel express to/from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Calif., Riverside, Calif., Las Vegas, Sparks/Reno, Nev., Sacramento, Calif., and San Jose, Calif. for as low as $1. Frequent daily service will begin Dec. 12, and customers can begin booking travel at www.megabus.com today.
Fares start as low as $1 every day and increase gradually as the traveling date gets closer. Customers are encouraged to book early to secure $1 fares.

JDiver Mar 24, 2013 12:00 pm
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