Megabus offer 100,000 free seats

[Lewisham2221]

Megabus.com is offering 100,000 free seats on its services to and from London, excluding internal and cross-border services to and from locations in Scotland. The seats are available on Monday to Thursday journeys from 12 September until 12 December. Customers taking up the free seats offer pay only the standard 50p booking fee.

From http://megabus.com/timetables/seat_sale.php

 

[Simming]

How can they make money by giving up free seats? and yet pricing people super low prices, some how that dont seem to be a money making buisness.

 

[Lewisham2221]

I think it's probably to try and get people to use the service (for free) and then think "actually, it's not bad, I'll use it more often" kinda thing.

 

[Guinness]

Stagecoach Fund it all.