Moneytrans gone. Flixbus clients are screwed -- anywhere to buy Flixbus tickets at a reasonable price? - eviltoast

Moneytrans was the only offline way to buy Flixbus tickets without getting hit with commissions. Now #Moneytrans is gone, at least in Brussels. Every Moneytrans shop in Brussels is closed. Anyone know what happened? I find no news on this and the moneytrans.eu website is access-restricted.

There is apparently no #Flixbus office anywhere in Belgium.

For a €5 ticket, travel agents charge €5 in commission. Indeed, the commission is 100% the cost of the trip in those cases. Fuck me. All unbanked people seem to be fucked by this.

Or am I missing something? Did anyone take over the commission-free Flixbus contract from Moneytrans?

    • ciferecaNinjo@fedia.ioOP
      2·
      2 months ago

      Maybe. I didn’t realise PaySafe was still around. Does Flixbus accept paysafe?

      I appreciate the tip. It’s a little annoying that paysafe cards only come in certain denominations so the last few euros on the card would be wasted. But it’s probably still less than the waste on commissions, so I’ll consider it for sure.

      • Derpgon@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Not sure, you could look into alternatives, but I am no aware of any. Not sure if Flixbus takes those, and if it does I am almost sure it allows stacking multiple (it used back in my day). So no money wasted.