Comments on: Now Use Credit Cards to Buy MetroLink Tickets at Select Stations http://www.nextstopstl.org/1883/now-use-credit-cards-to-buy-metrolink-tickets-at-select-stations/ A Conversation About Transit Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:21:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Courtney http://www.nextstopstl.org/1883/now-use-credit-cards-to-buy-metrolink-tickets-at-select-stations/comment-page-1/#comment-488 Courtney Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:48:59 +0000 http://www.nextstopstl.org/?p=1883#comment-488 This comment is from RTBones. I accidentally deleted it (sorry!) from the queue: "Thanks for the response, Courtney. I have always wondered why this was. This doesnt make 63101's point any less valid. It is gouging anybody coming through the airport, out of town or not. While I realize that the official line makes sense to somebody, to me, it is just plain silly. "Since customers pay only a portion of the operating cost of their ride with the remainder paid by those sales taxes, Metro charges a higher fare to those visitors." I live in the city. I pay the transportation taxes mentioned. So why again do I have to pay the upcharge? The official response begs a question: how many other systems have this difference in charging -- for the SAME ROUTE?" This comment is from RTBones. I accidentally deleted it (sorry!) from the queue:

“Thanks for the response, Courtney. I have always wondered why this was. This doesnt make 63101′s point any less valid. It is gouging anybody coming through the airport, out of town or not. While I realize that the official line makes sense to somebody, to me, it is just plain silly.

“Since customers pay only a portion of the operating cost of their ride with the remainder paid by those sales taxes, Metro charges a higher fare to those visitors.”

I live in the city. I pay the transportation taxes mentioned. So why again do I have to pay the upcharge?

The official response begs a question: how many other systems have this difference in charging — for the SAME ROUTE?”

]]> By: RTBones http://www.nextstopstl.org/1883/now-use-credit-cards-to-buy-metrolink-tickets-at-select-stations/comment-page-1/#comment-486 RTBones Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:42:55 +0000 http://www.nextstopstl.org/?p=1883#comment-486 Funny -- I responded to a comment, and not the original story. Credit cards acceptance for tickets is long overdue. Even fast food restaurants take them. I am glad to see Metro finally accepting them. Funny — I responded to a comment, and not the original story.

Credit cards acceptance for tickets is long overdue. Even fast food restaurants take them. I am glad to see Metro finally accepting them.

]]> By: Courtney http://www.nextstopstl.org/1883/now-use-credit-cards-to-buy-metrolink-tickets-at-select-stations/comment-page-1/#comment-477 Courtney Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:22:56 +0000 http://www.nextstopstl.org/?p=1883#comment-477 The reason for the difference in pricing is that the majority of MetroLink customers coming through Lambert are from out-of-town and do not pay the transportation sales taxes collected in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County as do our local residents. Since customers pay only a portion of the operating cost of their ride with the remainder paid by those sales taxes, Metro charges a higher fare to those visitors. This is the official response that I received to your question. The reason for the difference in pricing is that the majority of MetroLink customers coming through Lambert are from out-of-town and do not pay the transportation sales taxes collected in the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County as do our local residents. Since customers pay only a portion of the operating cost of their ride with the remainder paid by those sales taxes, Metro charges a higher fare to those visitors.

This is the official response that I received to your question.

]]> By: 63101 http://www.nextstopstl.org/1883/now-use-credit-cards-to-buy-metrolink-tickets-at-select-stations/comment-page-1/#comment-475 63101 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:35:20 +0000 http://www.nextstopstl.org/?p=1883#comment-475 Since this post covers ticket vending at the airport, it makes me wonder why a ticket departing Lambert costs significantly more than a ticket purchased at any other station. Nothing says "Welcome to St. Louis" like gouging visitors who won't even discover they got overcharged until they buy a ticket back to the airport. Since this post covers ticket vending at the airport, it makes me wonder why a ticket departing Lambert costs significantly more than a ticket purchased at any other station.

Nothing says “Welcome to St. Louis” like gouging visitors who won’t even discover they got overcharged until they buy a ticket back to the airport.

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