c0dec0dec0de, 1 month ago

@fasterthanlime what. Just make them free. This is bullshit. It’s bad enough that they cost money, don’t make it more complicated…

unlambda, 1 month ago

@fasterthanlime Yeah, I know that there was a period when that was common on planes. I think the airlines may have cracked down on the sites that offered ways to do this, I'm not sure.

Oh, right, I was thinking of skiplagging, which is similar but actually means you book a ticket with your ultimate destination as a connection, and then just don't take the final leg that you booked; so even crazier than split ticketing: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/23/1194998452/skiplagging-airfare-flying-skiplagged-american-airlines

fasterthanlime, 1 month ago

oh okay, my country's doing it too

https://www.thetrainline.com/fr/information/prix-futes

whitequark, 1 month ago

@fasterthanlime ahahahaha amazing

fasterthanlime, 1 month ago

now I'm learning in the UK you can "tap in" with your oyster card when getting onto transportation but you ALSO have to "tap out" when getting out

..and some stations are not "tap out" "compatible" and fine you instead? with one of THESE???

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card_imprinter

chriscunningham, 1 month ago

@fasterthanlime for extra fun, you are not expected to tap out on buses, where if you tap out you will be charged again

fasterthanlime, 1 month ago

@chriscunningham but ????

christmastree, 1 month ago

@fasterthanlime lived in London nearly 5 years and have never encountered a station that didn't support tap out. That's wild, I wonder how they would handle oyster cards, since they wouldn't support that machine.

robryk, 1 month ago

@christmastree @fasterthanlime what about the stations that are in the zone that doesn't support standard oyster because the zone number is too large?

c0dec0dec0de, 1 month ago

@fasterthanlime oh non!

thejpster, 1 month ago

@fasterthanlime

Part of it is the gouging of ‘rich’ commuters with peak time pricing. If you want to go a distance but start in the peak period, get a peak ticket to cover you just until peak pricing stops, then get a new ticket using off peak pricing from the next station.