Interislander ticketing 'glitch' gouges seniors/students

Interislander ticketing 'glitch' gouges seniors/students
Sorry, no discounts here folks. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Brent Melville
Interislander says not allowing student and senior discounts on single bookings is a system "glitch". A spokeswoman from KiwiRail, which owns the Cook Strait connector between Wellington and Picton, said the glitch was stopping both student and senior discounts from being credited for separate passengers on a single booking.She said its IT and booking teams had "now been alerted to the issue and were working to resolve it".Students receive a $10 discount per single sailing, while seniors (classed as over the age of 60)...

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