What to do if you miss your BTS stop?

[Hal65]

If I miss my BTS stop, and the next terminal is a higher rate, am I able to just circle around to the other train and go back? Or do I have to go to the counter, pay the higher rate for the stop I got off on, and then go back?

[star kicker]

get off and get on a train going in the opposite direction. obviously.

[robblok]

Go back.. to your stop.. the price is paid when you exit. Theoretically you could go to the end of the line and back to your original stop and still pay the lower fare.

[Morakot]

Or do I have to go to the counter, pay the higher rate for the stop I got off on, and then go back?

Up to you!

Edited May 11, 2014 by Morakot

[Hal65]

Go back.. to your stop.. the price is paid when you exit. Theoretically you could go to the end of the line and back to your original stop and still pay the lower fare.

I might do that actually, just to see what Mo Chit, Bearing, and Bang Wa look like :-)

Edited May 11, 2014 by Delta223

[ExpatOilWorker]

What to do if you miss your BTS stop?

Tell yourself to STOP playing so much with your smartphone and pay attention to what is going on around you!

[SoiBiker]

Hit the 'rewind' button.

Or just get off at the next stop and get on a train going the other way.

[JoeThePoster]

You buy balloons and get a free ride to the nearest hospital.

[recom273]

You can get off at that station if you so choose, they will ask you to pay the difference.

Makes a change to the London underground, when i have bought the wrong ticket and offered to pay the difference when leaving the station, only to find out its an offence and penalty fare.

[impulse]

I'm glad I never do stupid stuff like missing my stop. Well, so far this morning anyway.

I've done it- no smartphone involved. Just went to the next stop, didn't go through the turnstyle, and hopped on a train going the other way. No biggie.

If I'm going a long way and really want a seat, I've occasionally taken a train "upstream" to a less crowded stop where I'm guaranteed a seat. I'm old and creaky enough to feel justified.

There is apparently a time limit for how long you can dawdle, but I'm not exactly sure how long that is.

In fact, I'm sure there are some enterprising students (and office workers) that swap tokens mid-ride to game the system by appearing to take shorter rides than they really did. The savings could add up to a hefty chunk if they do it 5 days a week for years on end.

Edited May 11, 2014 by impulse

[impulse]

You buy balloons and get a free ride to the nearest hospital.

Context. Need context.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/542263-irish-man-got-beaten-up-brutally-by-bts-guard/

[rak sa_ngop]

Go back.. to your stop.. the price is paid when you exit. Theoretically you could go to the end of the line and back to your original stop and still pay the lower fare.

There is a time limit for your journey between two stops. Not exactly sure how long though.

Give it ago, try to get to Mo Chit to Bearing and then back to Saphan Kwai.

Let us know what happens (something to do on a boring Sunday afternoon or what!)

[brit1984]

obviously, all tickets issued on the BTS network contain GPS tracking devices monitored by a team of 1000 BTS surveillance officers... if you cheat the system (even unintentionally) by taking an extra 1 stop ride without paying the extra 5 baht, the system will activate the ticket's in-built electric shock mechanism that will kill you instantly

[impulse]

obviously, all tickets issued on the BTS network contain GPS tracking devices monitored by a team of 1000 BTS surveillance officers... if you cheat the system (even unintentionally) by taking an extra 1 stop ride without paying the extra 5 baht, the system will activate the ticket's in-built electric shock mechanism that will kill you instantly

BTS......NSA

Both are 3 letters. Confuses a lot of people...

[ExpatOilWorker]

obviously, all tickets issued on the BTS network contain GPS tracking devices monitored by a team of 1000 BTS surveillance officers... if you cheat the system (even unintentionally) by taking an extra 1 stop ride without paying the extra 5 baht, the system will activate the ticket's in-built electric shock mechanism that will kill you instantly

They don't kill u in public anymore, but have opened several "camps" along Sukhumvit, Pattaya and Phuket where young ladies will encourage you to drink yourself to death.

[kingalfred]

Cant believe anyone who knows anything about subways or skytrains anywhere in the world would ask such a question

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[mrtoad]

This clearly reiterates the need for IQ tests when passports are issued.

[nicolas18]

Granted, that was a weird question. It's worth pointing out, however, that there is a 60-minute time limit between the time you first validate your ticket and the moment you insert it in the turnstile once you reach your destination.

[impulse]

Cant believe anyone who knows anything about subways or skytrains anywhere in the world would ask such a question

I've been on transit systems where you had to exit the platform (and pay again) to hop a train in the opposite direction. In those cases, the OP would have been charged extra for going further, then had to pay again to return to the correct stop.

BKK isn't one of them.

A perfectly reasonable question. Shame they don't have compassion and empathy testing for passports, before turning their citizens loose on the rest of the world, eh, mrtoad?

Edited May 11, 2014 by impulse

[Som wat]

What to do if you miss your BTS stop?

I would say it is best for you to call your mom and tell her that you need to come home.

[Suradit69]

Cant believe anyone who knows anything about subways or skytrains anywhere in the world would ask such a question

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There's a very large assumption hidden in your comment.

Quite a few people on Thai Visa sound as though this is their first time away from living at home with mom and dad ... many of them here on retirement extensions.

[NoshowJones]

Go back.. to your stop.. the price is paid when you exit. Theoretically you could go to the end of the line and back to your original stop and still pay the lower fare.

Yes, that's right, you can sit and enjoy the AC for up to two hours going back and forward as long as you get of at the station you paid for.

[Kaoboi Bebobp]

The MRT and BTS each have common concourses for both directions of travel at each station. Now Delta 223, it is your job to figure out the answer to your question.

[wump]

In fact, I'm sure there are some enterprising students (and office workers) that swap tokens mid-ride to game the system by appearing to take shorter rides than they really did. The savings could add up to a hefty chunk if they do it 5 days a week for years on end.

Now how would that work? Please enlighten us.

[kaveh]

are you sending this from train right now? go opposite direction without exiting

[Cheeby Luva]

Cant believe anyone who knows anything about subways or skytrains anywhere in the world would ask such a question

I've been on transit systems where you had to exit the platform (and pay again) to hop a train in the opposite direction. In those cases, the OP would have been charged extra for going further, then had to pay again to return to the correct stop.

BKK isn't one of them.

A perfectly reasonable question. Shame they don't have compassion and empathy testing for passports, before turning their citizens loose on the rest of the world, eh, mrtoad?

you cant get away with this. you either name it or it doesnt exist. we got ppl from all over and ppl who have been to all over too who can verify it. till then its BS,

Edited May 11, 2014 by Cheeby Luva

[BudRight]

obviously, all tickets issued on the BTS network contain GPS tracking devices monitored by a team of 1000 BTS surveillance officers... if you cheat the system (even unintentionally) by taking an extra 1 stop ride without paying the extra 5 baht, the system will activate the ticket's in-built electric shock mechanism that will kill you instantly

Makes sense. To many dirty farang milking the system. They should know they're guests here no matter how much taxes they pay or how many decades they've lived here or if they read Thai and Pali better than the Saharat himself. All in jest Edited May 11, 2014 by BudRight

[matador007]

In fact, I'm sure there are some enterprising students (and office workers) that swap tokens mid-ride to game the system by appearing to take shorter rides than they really did. The savings could add up to a hefty chunk if they do it 5 days a week for years on end.

Now how would that work? Please enlighten us.

I also thought about this long ago. Its pretty simple.

Person A buys ticket from On Nut, to Asok. (but really going to Siam)

Person B buys ticket from Ari, to Siam (but really going to Asok)

Then you trade bts card/tokens,etc.. in the train or on platform. Can save a few baht each time.

A more extreme would be someone Mo Chit going to Bang Na, and someone Bang Na to Mo Chit.

But of course only paying for 1 stop, or swiping card, then swapping cards again as above.

If you exit out the same one you came in, its 15 baht last check, same as going 1 stop.

Edited May 11, 2014 by matador007

[BKS22]

I came here for the humor :-)

[impulse]

Cant believe anyone who knows anything about subways or skytrains anywhere in the world would ask such a question

I've been on transit systems where you had to exit the platform (and pay again) to hop a train in the opposite direction. In those cases, the OP would have been charged extra for going further, then had to pay again to return to the correct stop.

BKK isn't one of them.

A perfectly reasonable question. Shame they don't have compassion and empathy testing for passports, before turning their citizens loose on the rest of the world, eh, mrtoad?

you cant get away with this. you either name it or it doesnt exist. we got ppl from all over and ppl who have been to all over too who can verify it. till then its BS,

Yup. In the 26 posts before yours, we have heard from people who have tried every single transit system in the world.

Matador007 got it right. It's not tough to game the system. Though I'd have chosen starting at the terminal stations and going one stop short of the terminal stations on the other end.

And just to make it extra hard to catch us, I'd get off the train and swap tokens at Asoke on Mondays, Nana on Tuesdays, Ploen Chit on Wednesdays, etc. Then each would get back on their respective trains and continue their journeys- paying only for one stop. A couple of guys could save about 60-80 baht each, every day. In a year, that's 15,000-20,000 baht each. Not insignificant where minimum wage is 300 baht per day.

And exactly why some transit systems make you pay each time you get on and off. To prevent just this kind of scheme, in areas where tickets go in the tens of USD, not tens of baht.

I'll let you stretch your Google and Wikipedia skills and figure out which. Here's a hint- I've only ridden mass transit in the USA, Korea, Japan, China, Russia and Thailand. That eliminates 80-90% of them.

Edited May 11, 2014 by impulse