How can I get best deal from Flixbus?

7/14/2017 1:10:07 PM

As @mts has mentioned, you will get the best price if you book earlier. You can also use new promotional plan called interflix. Once you buy this plan, you are allowed to travel 5 routes with flixbus for € 99.

Pros

  • It’s valid for 3 months from the time of activation.
  • You no longer have to worry about searching a cheaper price.
  • You can use it in 24 European countries.

Cons

  • A direct return trip is not possible.
  • Is not transferrable to others.
  • It works only for direct trips. e.g: (Milan to Berlin -> 16Hr)

Furthermore, you can always sign up for the newsletters as these companies tend to send discount codes along with their newsletters.

You can not negotiate price with driver on the spot.

7/14/2017 10:18:25 AM

I have been on a few flixbus journeys within Germany and the rule I follow to get the best prices is to book as early as possible. They quite often run/ran promotions and you do run a risk of missing out on those but unless they are scheduled or you can really expect them the risk of rising prices is higher IMHO. Also as the German long distance bus market is consolidating I do expect less such promotions at least there. E.g. in Italy where flixbus has also entered the market I observed similar but am generally aware of less promotions. You will not get a better price by haggling with the driver at departure but he can sell you a ticket if seats are still available.

Also do note that flixbus is not the only such enterprise, but certainly the market leader at least in Germany. To get a comparison (including trains and shared rides in the default settings) check out Busliniensuche for Germany (I know it works well for Germany but they seem to have expanded and I’d also trust them for European connections by now, their English website is called BusRadar) or Rome2Rio.

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