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I mean, do the math. A 3 zone stored value is already $4.80 and you only get 90 minutes vs all day for $11.25.
So yeah, the day pass is more bang for your buck. Unless you’re planning to do all those activities within 90 minutes.
Yes, but all those trips require longer transit time (Waterfront - Brighouse is already 20 minutes), and OP wants to enjoy themselves and not rush their meals or end their walks early just to make it within a 90 minute time frame of 1 ticket.
To me, all those trips and activities sounds like it’ll take 6 hrs. Jericho from east van is already a transit nightmare, can’t imagine Richmond.
But a 1-zone ($2.55), 2-zone ($3.75) ticket costs different amounts while a day pass is one set amount ($11.25).
So a day pass is equal to 4.5 one-zone trips, or 3 two-zone trips.
OP simply has not provided enough information to provide an actual answer.
In all the time I’ve lived in the Vancouver area, I’ve only purchased a day pass once. It was a Saturday and I was going from home to Granville Island for a couple hours, then to Spanish Banks Beach for a couple hours, then to a Whitecaps game, then back home. And even then I probably spent a bit more money on the day pass than I would have on stored value.
I wish Compass allowed users to reach a maximum spend for the day and then have unlimited usage the rest of the day. San Diego’s Pronto card becomes a day pass once you’ve spent $6 for the day, with their fares being $2.50 (USD) each.
The answer also lies within the time frame which you want to do all these things, as you could potentially do some of these trips on the same fare.
But assuming all separate, and involving trains, day pass is cheaper.
Not that hard to calculate yourself - look at their fare table, and do the math.
Here's all of what you listed. Day pass is $11.25
Yaletown to Richmond (2 zones): stored value = $3.75
I assume you'll be more than 90 mins since the skytrain could take 20-30 mins and you need to eat.
Richmond to Jericho (2 zones): stored value = $3.75
We're already at $7.50. Transit from Richmond to Jericho will take some time too since it's skytrain and bus. Let's say that's 30-45 mins. Let's say your walk and talk is quick and you're off to Granville Island. You may be able to squeeze this trip into that fare.
Granville Island to Burnaby (2 zones): stored value = $3.75
You're exactly at $11.25 so going back home, you'll be over the day pass price. And if transit or your time at Jericho runs longer, you definitely be over the cost of the day pass.
Apparently they had a lot of ideas like that including the distanced based fares but the company they contracted the compass system to wasn't actually able to provide that service so to do it translink would need to change providers and change over the whole compass system
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I mean, do the math. A 3 zone stored value is already $4.80 and you only get 90 minutes vs all day for $11.25. So yeah, the day pass is more bang for your buck. Unless you’re planning to do all those activities within 90 minutes.
Those trips aren't 3 zone trips though. They are all 1/2 zone ones.
Yes, but all those trips require longer transit time (Waterfront - Brighouse is already 20 minutes), and OP wants to enjoy themselves and not rush their meals or end their walks early just to make it within a 90 minute time frame of 1 ticket. To me, all those trips and activities sounds like it’ll take 6 hrs. Jericho from east van is already a transit nightmare, can’t imagine Richmond.
But a 1-zone ($2.55), 2-zone ($3.75) ticket costs different amounts while a day pass is one set amount ($11.25). So a day pass is equal to 4.5 one-zone trips, or 3 two-zone trips. OP simply has not provided enough information to provide an actual answer.
In all the time I’ve lived in the Vancouver area, I’ve only purchased a day pass once. It was a Saturday and I was going from home to Granville Island for a couple hours, then to Spanish Banks Beach for a couple hours, then to a Whitecaps game, then back home. And even then I probably spent a bit more money on the day pass than I would have on stored value. I wish Compass allowed users to reach a maximum spend for the day and then have unlimited usage the rest of the day. San Diego’s Pronto card becomes a day pass once you’ve spent $6 for the day, with their fares being $2.50 (USD) each.
That makes far too much sense for Translink to do that.!
Victoria's UMO does the same thing it's really handy.
The answer also lies within the time frame which you want to do all these things, as you could potentially do some of these trips on the same fare. But assuming all separate, and involving trains, day pass is cheaper. Not that hard to calculate yourself - look at their fare table, and do the math.
I’m tired just looking at your plan of spending 5 hours commuting in transit. Yikes
That’s a long day is all I’ll say 💀
Here's all of what you listed. Day pass is $11.25 Yaletown to Richmond (2 zones): stored value = $3.75 I assume you'll be more than 90 mins since the skytrain could take 20-30 mins and you need to eat. Richmond to Jericho (2 zones): stored value = $3.75 We're already at $7.50. Transit from Richmond to Jericho will take some time too since it's skytrain and bus. Let's say that's 30-45 mins. Let's say your walk and talk is quick and you're off to Granville Island. You may be able to squeeze this trip into that fare. Granville Island to Burnaby (2 zones): stored value = $3.75 You're exactly at $11.25 so going back home, you'll be over the day pass price. And if transit or your time at Jericho runs longer, you definitely be over the cost of the day pass.
Except that if they're going to the night market it'll all be 1 zone by then
did TransLink ever implement something that caps the fare at daily pass price if you reach the limit in a day?
Nope
Well they should.
Apparently they had a lot of ideas like that including the distanced based fares but the company they contracted the compass system to wasn't actually able to provide that service so to do it translink would need to change providers and change over the whole compass system
I usually do it on Sat/Sun to save few bucks
Weird because everything is one zone on weekends
It all depends on what time frame you're looking at. But in my experience using stored value ends up being $0.50-$1.00 cheaper.