Weekly ticket cost compared to ten trips on Go Card

[ozbob]

zones   weekly   Go Card 10 trips
1         $18.40   18.40
2         $21.60   21.60
3         $25.60   25.60
4         $28.80   28.80
5         $32.80   32.80
6         $36.80   36.80
7         $40.00   40.00
8         $43.20   43.20
9         $46.40   46.40
10         $53.60   53.60
11         $56.30   60.00
12         $58.80   67.20
13         $61.10   75.20
14         $66.30   81.60
15         $71.50   88.00
16         $77.40   95.20
17         $83.90   103.20
18         $89.10   109.60
19         $94.30   116.00
20         $100.80   124.00
21         $106.00   130.40
22         $111.80   137.60
23         $117.00   144.00

[ozbob]

As can be noted from the above table, weekly tickets are a much better deal for the regular commuter, particularly above 10 zones.

The only advantage for the regular commuter with the card is a 50% reduction on all trips after the 6 trip threshold, eg.  a zone 3 commuter takes a trip to the Coast on the weekend.  But what is not mentioned by the spin merchants is that you can get extension tickets if you have a weekly.  So this advantage is not quite what it seems.

Weekly tickets give genuine unrestricted travel in zones without the need to worry about tag-on, tag-off, transfer time limits, system failures and the like.

[Mozz]

Bob - extension tickets? Is this where you buy another weekly on the last day of your weekly ticket?

[ozbob]

No worries Mozz. An extension ticket is when you have a current seasonal ticket, eg. weekly, and you wish to travel past the zones of your seasonal ticket.  Say I have a zone 1 to 3 weekly current, and I wish to go to  a zone 5 destination.  I can approach the ticket window, say Oxley (zone 3) show my current weekly and buy a zone 4/5 extension ticket, single, off peak or daily depending on requirements for that trip.  That is an extension ticket.  I do that often as I normally have a zone 1 to 3 weekly and if I am making a special trip to Ferny Grove or Cleveland or something I just purchase an extension.  This of course extends the real value of a weekly (or monthly etc.)

One of the problems with the TVMs is that they don't allow extension ticketing purchasing, only via ticket windows.

Regards
Ozbob