Most Plusbus add-ons can be bought for £1.50 in June and July from selected websites:
http://www.plusbus.info/sites/default/files/pdfs/PLUSBUS £1.50 June & July Online Offer text.pdf
This looks similar to the offer from last year, except the fare last year was £1. Like last year, certain towns are excluded from the offer: Didcot, Isle of Man, Lewes, Leyland, Macclesfield and Maidenhead.
Oddly, the excluded towns were different last year: Blackpool, Maidenhead, Newbury, Newport (South Wales), Reading & Swindon.
You may find that you can save money on a comparable day ticket bought on a bus, even if you don't use the train ticket.
For example, Garswood to Wigan Anytime Single is £2.30, so including Plusbus is £3.80. This undercuts the System One Bus Daysaver (similarly valid on all buses in Greater Manchester) which is £5.40 before 0930 Monday to Friday and £4.80 at other times. It even undercuts a FirstDay for Greater Manchester which is £4.20.
I think it would be good if we could compile a list of such examples.
http://www.plusbus.info/sites/default/files/pdfs/PLUSBUS £1.50 June & July Online Offer text.pdf
This looks similar to the offer from last year, except the fare last year was £1. Like last year, certain towns are excluded from the offer: Didcot, Isle of Man, Lewes, Leyland, Macclesfield and Maidenhead.
Oddly, the excluded towns were different last year: Blackpool, Maidenhead, Newbury, Newport (South Wales), Reading & Swindon.
You may find that you can save money on a comparable day ticket bought on a bus, even if you don't use the train ticket.
For example, Garswood to Wigan Anytime Single is £2.30, so including Plusbus is £3.80. This undercuts the System One Bus Daysaver (similarly valid on all buses in Greater Manchester) which is £5.40 before 0930 Monday to Friday and £4.80 at other times. It even undercuts a FirstDay for Greater Manchester which is £4.20.
I think it would be good if we could compile a list of such examples.
