For Immediate Release
24-006
March 14, 2024

MORE DISCOUNT FARES AVAILABLE

VICTORIA – Customers can expect to have more opportunity – and more choice – in booking discounted fares to travel with BC Ferries from April 1 onwards.

More than double the amount of people travelling between Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island will now benefit from discounts by booking Saver fares. In addition, cancellation fees are being reduced for Prepaid and Saver fares to give passengers more flexibility should their plans change.

New savings will be offered to customers or families who carpool and book in advance, or who take alternative modes of transportation, helping make it less busy at the terminals. Specifically, savings will increase for those who book a Saver fare and are travelling together in the same vehicle. Also, a new Foot Passenger Saver Fare of $15 is being introduced for select sailings, when booked and paid for in advance.

“By offering more discounts for those who book and pay in advance, we expect less congestion at our busier times, more passengers will be able to find space to travel at the times they want and fewer will experience sailing waits,” said Nicolas Jimenez, BC Ferries’ President and CEO. “It’s nearly three times quicker for customers to check in with a Prepaid or Saver fare, so in addition to getting our best fares, the more people who book these, the better the experience we can offer for everyone.”

Other changes will mean that customers who book a Prepaid fare in advance for travel between Metro Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast will see their average fare price decrease. As well, twice as many customers will now benefit from Saver discounts when travelling to the Sunshine Coast from Vancouver Island or Metro Vancouver.

Overall, average fares across the system will change by the 3.2 per cent amount set by the BC Ferries Commissioner. BC Ferries was able to avoid a 9.2 per cent fare increase thanks to a $500 million investment from the BC Government to help keep fares more affordable over the next four years.

Key facts:

• Saver fares for a vehicle and driver will start at $49 on the routes between Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island, and from $39 on routes between Metro Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast and between Powell River and Vancouver Island
• The fee to cancel certain Prepaid fares is being reduced to $5 from $15
• For customers driving up, the At Terminal fare will increase by $4.10 between Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island
• Standard adult fares on these routes will increase by $0.55
• Saver fares will also be available for overheight vehicles travelling between Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island

To see all of the new fares as of April 1, 2024, visit: www.bcferries.com/routes-fares/ferry-fares