How to pay for ADO bus tickets
Online with your card in your own currency, or at any ADO ticket office with cash or cards. Here is what each option accepts.
Payment options at a glance
Online
Cards, 8 currencies
Ticket office
Cash and cards
Foreign cards
Accepted
US dollars
At authorised terminals
Paying online on this site
Book and pay online with a credit or debit card in 8 currencies: US dollar, Mexican peso, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar, Brazilian real and Colombian peso. Your e-ticket arrives by email; you don't need to print it.
If a payment is rejected, check the card details and that your bank allows international online payments, or try another card or browser. Problems with the website while paying? Report a website problem.
Paying at an ADO ticket office
- Cash in Mexican pesos.
- Debit and credit cards, both Mexican and foreign.
- Saldo Max, ADO's travel credit.
- US dollars, only at terminals authorised for it, at the day's Banco de México exchange rate.
- You can combine up to three payment methods in one purchase.
Outside the big tourist terminals, carry pesos.
Open tickets
ADO ticket offices also sell an open ticket (boleto abierto) without a fixed date. It is valid for up to 90 days on the same origin and destination: board with it if there is a free seat, or exchange it for a dated ticket at the ticket office. It is in the passenger's name and can't be transferred to another person.