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Megabus to give away 100,000 seats

Posted by Paul Makishima, Globe Assistant Sunday Editor November 19, 2008 11:02 AM

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Megabus, which offers fares as low as $1 and free WiFi, just announced that it will give away 100,000 seats.
“Americans are doing all they can to stretch their dollar in the current economy and these free tickets are megabus.com’s way of helping,” said Dale Moser, president and COO of megabus.com.
The fares can be booked on the company's website for travel from Jan. 14 through March 18. To score these freebies you must enter the promo code greenbus.
So how will this work? First come, first served? Sort of. Moser says that the company has set aside seats on each of its Midwest and Northeast routes to 29 cities, every day of the promotion and if you happen to be the first one trying to book it you win.
I never took statistics in college, but I'm guessing that the odds of scoring one of these is likely better than winning a call-in radio contest.
So if you've got a little time to kill and you'd like to score a freebie to New York, it might be fun to roll the digital dice.

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7 comments so far...

  1. check it out

    Posted by pops November 19, 08 01:30 PM

  1. Greenbus

    Posted by Deborah Lane-Sossa November 19, 08 01:34 PM

  1. would be nice if you could get into put your name in on this website but there is nowhere to do so.

    Posted by tilly November 19, 08 01:47 PM

  1. Hi Gabe, if you are interested in trying to book a trip to nyc while you are home on winter break, you might want to try this promo to get the free ticket. Hope all is well! Love, Mom

    Posted by Mom November 19, 08 01:58 PM

  1. The link to their website isn't right.

    Posted by Allstonian November 19, 08 02:01 PM

  1. If you get a free ticket, then take it. otherwise DON'T TAKE MEGABUS! I took it once and had a bunch of problems, including the bus showing up 1 hour late, having to wait another 30 mins while they dealt with standbys b/c they couldn't seem to do that in the hour we were waiting, finding out they didn't have enough busses so they were borrowing some so it didn't have wifi and power plugs as promised, and their website not working correctly so when i tried to switch what time i was leaving, it send a confirmation that it went through but it actually didn't!

    either take bolt bus (also decently cheap and actually reliable) or one of the chinatown busses...

    Posted by nomegabus November 19, 08 02:20 PM

  1. WISH ME BON VOYAGE.

    Posted by RAFAEL J RAINHO November 19, 08 04:39 PM
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