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Re: OH NOES! The express bus fare to go up to $7.50! |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Fri Nov 21 09:28:02 2008, in response to Re: OH NOES! The express bus fare to go up to $7.50!, posted by Hank Eisenstein on Wed Nov 19 16:15:07 2008. Here's a little math that I use in order to use up the entire balances of PPR cards, without geting snarky looks from station agents or adding odd amounts @ no bonus.1) Set aside a card specifically for the express bus (xfer to or from subway or local bus OK). 2) Load it with $50. With the bonus, you get a card valued @ $57.50. After 11 rides, you're down to $2.50. 3) Re-load it with another $50. You'll now have a $60 card ($50 load+leftover $2.50+$7.50 bonus = $60) 4) 12 rides later, the card is completely exhausted. 5) If $50 is too much to lay out all at once, it can be done n increments of $25, but it'll just take twice as long to get to $0 Similar math works on a card set aside for subway or local bus: 1) Load it with $20. With the bonus, you get a $23 card. 2) 11 rides later, you have $1. 3) Re-load another $20. ($20 load, $3 bonus, $1 leftover= $24) 4) 12 rides later, the card is empty. |
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