What is the BC Ferries Experience™ Card and how does it work?
The BC Ferries Experience™ Card is an electronic swipe card that can be loaded with money and used to pay for ferry travel on the participating routes listed below:
PLEASE NOTE: It is not currently possible to use money loaded on your BC Ferries Experience™ Card to pay for onboard purchases of any kind, for fully prepaid/reserved ferry travel on the Tsawwassen - Outer Gulf Islands route, or for regular fare payments at Lyall Harbour (Saturna Island) and the Brentwood Bay-Mill Bay, Langdale-Gambier Island-Keats Island and North Coast routes.
Swartz Bay – Tsawwassen
Horseshoe Bay – Departure Bay
Tsawwassen – Duke Point
Nanaimo – Gabriola Island
Horseshoe Bay – Bowen Island
Swartz Bay – Saltspring Island
Horseshoe Bay – Langdale
Swartz Bay – Outer Gulf Islands
Saltery Bay – Earls Cove
Buckley Bay – Denman Island – Hornby Island*
Powell River – Comox
Campbell River – Quadra Island – Cortes Island*
Powell River – Texada Island
Port McNeill – Alert Bay - Sointula
Chemainus – Thetis Island – Kuper Island
Skidegate – Alliford Bay
Crofton – Vesuvius
As a BC Ferries Experience™ cardholder, you will also get access to fare savings whenever and wherever they’re available for passenger fares OR vehicle and passenger fares, simply by loading minimum amounts on your card:
Passengers only ($40 minimum)
Vehicles and Passengers ($75 minimum)
It's also worthwhile to register your BC Ferries Experience™ Card to access these great features:
Ability to load money that can then be used to pay for ferry travel;
Access to fare savings wherever they're available;
Ability to purchase Assured Loading Tickets
Ability to print a Travel History report;
Loss protection;
Transferability/Balance Sharing features;
Auto Load feature, and;
Access to new and different future products.
Please Note: It may be possible to use the Travel History report to claim the federal income tax credit for public transit on qualifying passenger trips.
Assured Loading Tickets (ALTs) can also be loaded on your BC Ferries Experience™ Card. ALTs give you priority travel on the routes between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay, Duke Point and Tsawwassen or Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay. For more information on ALTs, click here >>
Please note the following important information about ALTs:
ALTs expire 2 years after the month of purchase.
Once your tickets expire they cannot be used for travel and are non-refundable.
It is your responsibility to decide when you will use your ALTs.
ALT travel is exempt from any regular discounts such as senior, student or disabled fares.
BC Ferries reserves the right to limit the number of ALT spaces per sailing.
What is the BC Ferries Coast Card and how does it work?
The Coast Card is an electronic swipe card that provides cardholders with the ability to purchase Assured Loading Tickets (ALTs) only. ALTs provide priority travel on three major Vancouver Island/Mainland routes. For more information on ALTs, click here >>
Please note the following important information about ALTs:
ALTs expire 2 years after the month of purchase.
Once your tickets expire they cannot be used for travel and are non-refundable.
It is your responsibility to decide when you will use your ALTs.
ALT travel is exempt from any regular discounts such as senior, student or disabled fares.
BC Ferries reserves the right to limit the number of ALT spaces per sailing.
