ALTs provide priority travel on three major Vancouver Island/Mainland routes when presented to the Ticket Agent at least 20 minutes before the scheduled departure time. Participating routes that currently accept ALTs are:
Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay
Tsawwassen-Duke Point
Horseshoe Bay-Departure Bay
Here is some additional information about ALTs to help you determine whether it’s the right product for you:
The cost of ten ALTs is $1,250.* Ten ALTs must be purchased at the time of sale, as tickets cannot be purchased individually.
One ALT covers one personal vehicle (up to 2.13m or 7’ in height, up to 6.10m or 20’ in length) plus driver fare.
You can use your ALT product at any ticket booth, regardless of the destination displayed.
At heavy traffic times, show your card to the highway traffic controller indicating you’ll be using an ALT. Note that if the card is used to gain priority access to the ticket booth and there are no ALTs on the card, customers will be directed to return to the end of the regular queue.
Please note the following Terms and Conditions of the ALT product:
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
