(15 Dec 2014, 7:32 pm)aureolin wrote I believe some operators have their ETMs setup to accept ENCTS passes a few minutes before 0930. I know GNE do, as a few years ago, it was queried on Facebook. The same rule didn't apply to someone wanting an off peak Get Around at the same time, and they were told they'd have to wait for the next bus.
Stagecoach used to accept them at 0927, which I never agreed with. At Arriva it's bang on 0930, which is what the rules are at the end of the day. As for waiting til 0930, depends on what sort of mood I am in... So entires I'll try and get through as many as I physically can before 0930. Down here on Teesside it's only a 30p charge before 0930, hardly breaks the bank. You'd be amazed how much it takes to get it out of some of them.