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Originally Posted by nitecrawllerr
Ferry fare from $40 to $70. I dont think is slightly more, imo. Almost double in price.
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Originally Posted by HeatguyAlvin
Real sad, they increase cause they say not enough passengers. Now demand back, price not down.
Gone are the days you can find $38 ferry tickets on Qoo10 two ways
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Indo garmen previously has advised the ferry operator to reduce ticket price due to very little tourist arrive at Batam. Thereafter the ticket price was then reduced from $80 to $70 for two way.
The price increase is from (pre-covid) $48 to (post-covid) $70 which is $22
The percentage increase of the two way ticket price is 22/48 x 100% = 46%
46% is very much higher than the inflation rate in singapore that's why the increase does not make sense.
While walking at level 1 of BCS mall, accidentally saw one shop selling two way ferry ticket (singapore - batam) at 690k rupiah = 690000/11030 = S$62.50. Therefore cost saving for two way ticket is S$7.50.
But not sure whether it is an open ticket or ticket with expiry date
Generally anything that goes up, must come down.
However, this global inflation has defy the law of physics
