Re: Fares - Sydney vs Melbourne

["WhaleOilBeefHooked" <daproc@sd5.mailbank.com>]

Daniel Bowen wrote in message <8CAq3.5834$_Q2.52200@ozemail.com.au>...

>Travelling with an unvalidated MetCard on a service that has not converted
>to MetCard is against the rules, as quite clearly stated in the MetCard
>literature. You'd think the NBC drivers would know this - or perhaps they
>just don't care.

But if you purchase a ticket that is *supposedly* available over all
services, and then happen to board a service where the operatorof the
service has not bothered to provide validation facilities, why should you be
penalised? Either the ticket is valid over all services, or it is not. If it
is not, then the validation facilities (or lack thereof) are a problem of
the operator, not the customer.

DaveP