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    4 days ago

    It’s not as if Greyhound was ever all that luxurious but the one Flixbus ride I took had airplane-grade seating, really cramped and horrible for someone of just slightly above-average size…

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      Yeah, the article doesn’t make it sound like an appealing experience.

      One of these latest routes is a trip between the Calgary International Airport and Banff. While Boysan said the company targets customers from all walks of life, most passengers on this trip were backpackers in their early twenties who’d chosen the bus for one reason only.

      “We’re kind of like broke college students, so we just got the cheapest thing we could,” Leo Fritsch, 18, said, adding his tickets cost about $25.