Roland Perry wrote in message o.uk...
In message , at
14:26:19 on Wed, 4 Aug 2004, James remarked:
You have to be exiting and re-entering the system a lot for the Fun
Pass to be worth it. With your $10 pay-per-ride giving you $2 extra,
you need to take five rides after in-system and free transfers are
taken into account for it to be worthwhile.

Yes, I never found it to be potential value for money, using a $10
Metrocard over 3 days instead. The cost of the Fun Pass was also
disconcertingly unpredictable, with signs at JFK, guide books/inflight
mags, and the actual price, differing considerably!! [A fault shared
with differing statements of the fixed-cost taxi ride from JFK to
Manhatten.]

Fun Pass used to cost $4 (when subway rides were $1.50). It was a bit
overused then, so the MTA over-reacted to plug the leak. Guide books
are notoriously out of date over NYC. The easiest way of checking
whether a guide book has been kept up to date is to check the Subway
map in it - it's out of date if it doesn't show the orange B and D and
yellow N and Q lines running across the Manhattan Bridge (from Canal
St or Grand St in Manhattan to De Kalb Av or Pacific St in Brooklyn).