[LCA2019 Chat] [Brian May] Bus from airport

[Andrew Donnellan]

On Mon., 14 Jan. 2019, 02:51 William Mckee <hammersmake at gmail.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to buy one at the airport with visa? If so you could buy a
> card from the shops at the airport with your au visa card.
>

You can't buy a Christchurch Metrocard at the airport at all. Relatedly,
the cash fare for the airport bus is 4x the Metrocard fare for the same
bus...


Andrew




> Cheers,
>
> William.
>
>
> On Sun., 13 Jan. 2019, 9:26 pm Brian May <bam at debian.org wrote:
>
>> Lets see if this works from my Debian email address...
>>
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>> Brian May <bam at debian.org>
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>> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:37:19 +1100
>> Subject: Bus from airport
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Thinking of getting a bus from the airport. To me it looks like it is not
>> possible to purchase the Metrocard before arriving at the airport, which
>> means I will need to pay the driver in NZD.
>>
>> Which in turn means I should have NZD cash. However I only have AUD cash.
>> What is the best place to get NZD? Maybe ATM at Christchurch airport?
>>
>> Thanks?
>>
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