Buy Fares In Bulk
Monthlies, weeklies, ten-trippers…Oh my!
Generally, you will find a fare discount if you buy a monthly pass, weekly pass or ten-tripper tickets compared to buying one-way passes each day. For example in my experience a weekly pass equates to 4 roundtrip fares. That means Friday’s roundtrip is "free". With the monthly pass, it's about 3 weeks paid with one week "free". Saving money is a beautiful thing considering city-working is expensive.
Ten-trippers have their advantages especially if you travel on-peak one way and off-peak the other. You may get a great bang for your buck there. And because I've seen them as individual ticket stubs, you can leave them behind unlike a monthly pass where leaving that behind would be painful and costly.
Don't forget to plan in advance. If you have a vacation coming up, figure out if a monthly pass makes sense or maybe individual weekly passes may be more cost-effective that month. If you have a 2 week vacation coming up, a monthly pass probably won't make sense for that month. Check out weekly and ten-trippers at that point. A little bit of math can go a long way to saving you a good couple of bucks. 
Posted: February 17, 2007 (Permlink to this Tip)
Posted in Save Money
Tags: fare , money , monthly , ten-trippers , vacation , weekly
