Asking for a friend. Occasionally, my friend buys a one-day pass for B165 when they have, say, two B65 trips. At the other end, they sell their ticket, for, let's say, B60, thus saving B25.

Question is, our govts own our passports and can withdraw them at will.

Does BTS similarly own our Skytrain cards? Is it illegal to sell them?

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As I said, I only want an answer about the legalities. BTS charges too much for many Thais.

25 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

As I said, I only want an answer about the legalities. BTS charges too much for many Thais.

20 baht per trip if you are a registered Thai is too much??

Usually when I was done with my 1 day pass I would stand on a BTS platform like a creep and ogle at the most beautiful girls that are about to feed the cash machine. Just before they insert the coin i would offer them my BTS card. Ohhh thank you kaaaa. I felt so important

19 hours ago, marin said:

20 baht per trip if you are a registered Thai is too much??

Nope, Thais pay the same. You're wrong on this.

Mods, nobody wants to treat my question seriously.

Please close this topic. Waste of time.

18 hours ago, Celsius said:

Usually when I was done with my 1 day pass I would stand on a BTS platform like a creep and ogle at the most beautiful girls that are about to feed the cash machine. Just before they insert the coin i would offer them my BTS card. Ohhh thank you kaaaa. I felt so important

Good way to start a hit on the girls. Did you catch any good fish ? 😜

Back on topic.

Unlike the Rabbit card, the 1 day pass is not subject to the government KYC (Know Your Customer) ID requirements and isn't tied to any form of ID, so there would be no legal issue.

It might not be permitted by the Ts and Cs of the pass, but handing-off seems to be a common practice.

On 5/20/2026 at 5:24 PM, unblocktheplanet said:

As I said, I only want an answer about the legalities. BTS charges too much for many Thais.

Why don't you pay your companion more shekels?

Why can't he sell it?

How much could it possibly be worth lol?! B50?

BTS charges same for everyone under 65/ students.

Edited May 22May 22 by StarOfLight

10 hours ago, Crossy said:

Back on topic.

Unlike the Rabbit card, the 1 day pass is not subject to the government KYC (Know Your Customer) ID requirements and isn't tied to any form of ID, so there would be no legal issue.

It might not be permitted by the Ts and Cs of the pass, but handing-off seems to be a common practice.

My BTS card is absolutely tied to my passport. I even had new renew it recently.

5 minutes ago, StarOfLight said:

My BTS card is absolutely tied to my passport. I even had new renew it recently.

It's a stored value card, not a day pass, which is exactly why Crossy said "Unlike the Rabbit card, the 1 day pass is not subject to the government KYC".

I thought I'd seen everything, but a farang (I assume) actually trying to sell a day pass at the end of the day to recoup 25 baht - wow. Touting it around.

3 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

It's a stored value card, not a day pass, which is exactly why Crossy said "Unlike the Rabbit card, the 1 day pass is not subject to the government KYC".

Apologies. I never realized it but I have a rabbit card I just always thought it was stored value. I guess part of the reason it never dawned on me as it's so old that they face of the card is basically worn off as well

Alright. I'm married to a Chinese-Thai who squeezes every satang. With value remaining you can a) trash it, b) give it away or c) sell it. She gives somebody else a good deal and gets half her money back. Why not?

Slightly off-topic.

But holders of MRT+ cards (for the Blue/Purple Lines) should remember that they will stop working at the end of this month and be replaced by a purely EMV (contactless credit/debit card) system.

You will should be able to refund any remaining value at any MRT ticket office, take your passport!

On 5/20/2026 at 8:24 PM, unblocktheplanet said:

As I said, I only want an answer about the legalities. BTS charges too much for many Thais.

On 5/20/2026 at 7:00 PM, unblocktheplanet said:

Asking for a friend. Occasionally, my friend buys a one-day pass for B165 when they have, say, two B65 trips. At the other end, they sell their ticket, for, let's say, B60, thus saving B25.

Question is, our govts own our passports and can withdraw them at will.

Does BTS similarly own our Skytrain cards? Is it illegal to sell them?

Here's a tip for you eleman , buy a fold up table and a chair and make up a sign .. cheap BTS tickets sold here and set up at any BTS station and you will soon find out if it is legal or not.

On 5/22/2026 at 6:53 PM, Crossy said:

Slightly off-topic.

But holders of MRT+ cards (for the Blue/Purple Lines) should remember that they will stop working at the end of this month and be replaced by a purely EMV (contactless credit/debit card) system.

You will should be able to refund any remaining value at any MRT ticket office, take your passport!

That's a different topic but useful. I'll sure be glad if there is ever just one card. Bunnies are already contactless.

I often wonder, when two or three lanes are blocked for credit cards, who actually uses their credit card as a transit card. If one loses a transit card, it's just money. Lose your credit card and it's weeks of pain.

Presently, my Srinakharin overhead MRT (still called tai din, of course) only accepts Rabbit cards. At Lat Phrao, need to switch to a normal MRT card.

8 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

That's a different topic but useful. I'll sure be glad if there is ever just one card. Bunnies are already contactless.

I often wonder, when two or three lanes are blocked for credit cards, who actually uses their credit card as a transit card. If one loses a transit card, it's just money. Lose your credit card and it's weeks of pain.

Presently, my Srinakharin overhead MRT (still called tai din, of course) only accepts Rabbit cards. At Lat Phrao, need to switch to a normal MRT card.

I use it. Much easier for me than keeping an ARL card and an MRT card with me and keeping both individually topped up. Credit card tap in, back in the wallet, tap out, back in the wallet. Not hard, not risky.

Can I resell my BTS card?

I am told it used to be common in Vancouver, Canada for commuters to give their time-based SkyTrain tickets to vagrants who waited at the bottom of the inbound stairs.

The vagrants would then sell the tickets to people going outbound.

More like business than begging.

Edited May 24May 24 by VocalNeal