Buy a bus ticket on your mobile phone

First Bus have just introduced a new way to buy bus tickets - using your smartphone.

Their M-ticketing app allows you to pay for a range of tickets, with the option to pay using Barclay's Pingit.  You then store the tickets in a virtual wallet ready for use. Currently you can buy adult tickets for:

• Bristol Inner zone: either a carnet of five day tickets, a week ticket or a month ticket
• Bristol Outer zone: either a carnet of five day tickets, a carnet of 10 single tickets (otherwise known as a 10Journey ticket), a week ticket or a month ticket
• Bath Inner zone: either a carnet of five day tickets, a carnet of 10 single tickets (otherwise known as a 10Journey ticket), a week ticket or a month ticket
• Bath Outer zone: either a carnet of five day tickets, a carnet of 10 single tickets (otherwise known as a 10Journey ticket), a week ticket or a month ticket
• Weston-super-Mare: either a carnet of five day tickets, a carnet of 10 single tickets (otherwise known as a 10Journey ticket), a week ticket or a month ticket
• West of England: either a carnet of five day tickets, a week ticket or a month ticket

The M-tickets cost the same as they do to buy in other forms and child and young person versions of the app will be added in the coming months. For more information see www.firstgroup.com/m-tickets