[yapc] CTA visitor pass - 10 "working days" WTF?

[Michael R. Wolf]

Two years ago, after my final trip, I handed my card to someone who was
having trouble using the fare machines.  They were obviously tourists, and
their first experience on the rails was that much better for the gift.

Pay it forward...

-- 
Michael R. Wolf
    All mammals learn by playing!
        MichaelRWolf at att.net

> -----Original Message-----
> From: yapc-bounces+michaelrwolf=att.net at pm.org [mailto:yapc-
> bounces+michaelrwolf=att.net at pm.org] On Behalf Of Adri Mills
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 6:49 PM
> To: yapc at pm.org
> Subject: Re: [yapc] CTA visitor pass - 10 "working days" WTF?
> 
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Walt Mankowski <waltman at pobox.com> wrote:
> > Also FWIW, they can be purchased at the O'Hare CTA station.  That's
> > where I got mine 2 years ago.  Since I'm going to be in Chicago 6 days
> > this time, I think I'm going to try just getting a normal farecard.
> > I'm guessing I'll probably end up spending about $18 either way.
> >
> > Walt
> 
> Yeah, I actually ordered a regular transit card myself, not a
> multi-day pass. I just figured it would be nice to already have it in
> hand rather than have to futz with cash upon arrival. (I guess as of
> March (?), the machine at the airport takes credit cards, but I wasn't
> aware of that at the time.)
> 
> Adri
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