I am trying to buy bus ticket from Malaga airport to Sevilla, I tried on both Alsa and Movelia websites and with two different cards (Visa and Mastercard) and all 4 attempts failed. Alsa says that bank doesn't authorise my transaction (with both cards) which is not true, while Movelia says nothing, just constantly repeats that final step when I enter payment details.
Anyone had similar problems?
Now, is it too risky to wait and buy ticket when I arrive at the airport? And where could I buy ticket, when bus arrives from driver or is there some place at the airport?
Movelia and Alsa problem
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The risk depends on time of the year; high season and festivities time are obviously a higher risk of full buses. It is one bus/day. I would call them; have somebody that speaks Spanish talk to them to make sure you get your questions across (from the USA call 011 34 902 422 242).
You are very confident your flight will arrive on time.
Between the airport and the Malaga stations, there are buses (run by the city), buy from the driver, frequently. Trains (every twenty minutes, a quicker 15 minute journey time).
Between buses and trains to Seville you have twenty journeys a day, I am confident you will be on one of them, unless you are arriving evening/night.
I agree with above poster; always have a PLAN B when flying into a city and continuing on to public transportation. Research your options and get a ticket when you get there.
Thanks!
Well, my flight should arrive at 14:30 while bus from airport is at 16:45 and I thought I was safe even with delays.
I am talking about Monday, currently plenty of available seats in that bus, but not sure how will be in next days.
So, is there place at the airport where I could buy tickets for this bus from the airport? If so and they tell me that there are no tickets, sure I could go to city of Malaga and catch bus from there. But I wouldn't like to wait until 16:45 to find out that there are no sears in bus and then making trip to Malaga before heading to Sevilla.
You'll have to purchase the ticket using PayPal. Alsa only accepts bank cards issued in Spain, as noted on their website:
"Alsa.es only accepts bank cards issued in Spain. Those people who wish to pay with international bank cards must use our PayPal payment system."
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