Release Notes


November 2025

November 24, 2025

Configure your promotion codes to only apply to specific seat classes

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November 19, 2025

Manifest Change Audit Logging

A feature that automatically logs any approved manifest modifications, like adding or removing stations.

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November 6, 2025

Driver Assignment Ordering for Manifests

Specify the sequence of assigned drivers so the system can store and display them in the correct operational order.

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October 2025

October 29, 2025

Duplicate promo code rules

Quickly add redemption rules to your promo codes with our copy feature.

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October 29, 2025

Time based cancellation fees

Set time intervals for cancellation fees to apply.

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October 27, 2025

Stripe device integration for in person sales

Enables accounts using Stripe to connect using the Stripe Terminal for in person sales (credit card tap or chip, Apple and Google pay).

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October 07, 2025

Manifest Audit Log - Change and cancel reservation logs

In the event that a reservation is changed/cancelled into or out of a manifest, the manifest audit log will add a record.

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October 06, 2025

Scanning App: Manual Trip Finalization

Drivers can manually finalize (end) trips directly from the Betterez Scanning App once all passengers have been scanned or the trip reaches its final stop.

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September 2025

September 22, 2025

Minimum and maximum change and cancel fees

Added a configuration option to set minimum and maximum fee limits for “Apply on Change” and “Apply on Cancel” rules.

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September 10, 2025

Manifest revenue and capacity report

A new manifest report tracks key trip details like route, capacity, revenue, and occupancy — all in one place.

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August 2025

August 25, 2025

Additional filters for Manifest Report

Users can now filter by amenity group, brand, origin and destination, start and end dates, departure and arrival times, and external ID (Trip ID).

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August 18, 2025

Scanning App: Toggle access to passenger contact information for drivers

Operators can enable access to phone contact details of passengers.

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August 14, 2025

Scanning App: Display drivers assigned trips

Configure the scanning app to only show driver's assigned trips for the day.

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August 7, 2025

Flexpass: Product Amenity Group/Brand Configuration

Flexpass products can now be linked to a specific Brand and Service Class, allowing prices and usage rules to be differentiated based on these settings.

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August 7, 2025

Flexpass Multi-Price & Route Options

Each Flexpass can now have multiple price options and travel limitations within a single setup.

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August 5, 2025

Reservation moved customer notifications via email

When a passenger is moved to a new schedule, operators can now send an email notification directly from the bulk movement flow.

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July 2025

July 24, 2025

Manifest capacity exceptions enhancement

Operators can now set the Origin and Destination of a manifest capacity exception and prevent sales of all station combinations between the O&D.

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July 23, 2025

Prices for paid-in products can now be set for specific date ranges in advance.

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July 4, 2025

Notifications: Send reservation confirmations and tickets with SMS messages

In the back office booking flow, adds an option for your agents to send the purchased reservations by SMS.

Export Pay on account CSV

July 4, 2025

Configure promo code rules for reservation cancellations and changes

Configure if reservations purchased with specific promo codes can be cancelable and/or changeable.

Export Pay on account CSV

July 4, 2025

Notification when the flexpass is scanned en route

When a Flexpass is redeemed through scanning, the system notifies the passenger through a transaction confirmation email registered with the Flexpass.

Export Pay on account CSV

July 4, 2025

Pay on Account Fare Type Association

Link specific fare types to Pay on Account entities, ensuring payments are correctly assigned during the sales process.

Export Pay on account CSV

June 2025

June 23, 2025

Reports: New Partial Deposits Report

We have added a new default report under the Intelligence section. This report shows individual deposits, even when multiple deposits are made within the same shift.

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June 19, 2025

Add labels to schedules or manifests

You can now enable the display of a specific label on each of the schedules that appear in the 5-day view.

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June 19, 2025

Multicurrency Flexpass Behavior and Redemption Handling

The system currently allows Flexpass purchases in multiple currencies but calculates pricing based only on the primary currency’s fare tables.
It then converts that amount when payment is made in another currency, leading to inconsistent pricing.

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June 19, 2025

Paid-in items can now be configured with Origin–Destination restrictions, ensuring they only appear in the sales flow for relevant journeys.

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June 13, 2025

Scanning App: Toggle, Sort Trips View by Earliest or Latest

Add flexible sorting options to the Trips view in the Betterez mobile scanning app.

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June 12, 2025

Ability to set pay later expiry to X hours prior to trip departure

When a seat is held to be purchased "later", time out the hold on the seat at X time to departure to open the opportunity for resale.

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June 12, 2025

Bulk Move leg to leg capacity consideration

Improved the Bulk Move logic with leg to leg seat capacity recognition.

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June 12, 2025

Sales on Behalf of Another Shift

Allow authorized users to process sales on behalf of another shift, entering sales into the other users shift.

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June 12, 2025

The “Created by” and “Updated by” fields should be displayed on each item's details page to allow identification of who created and who updated the record.

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June 12, 2025

Export Pay on account to CSV

You can now export payment-on-account records to a CSV file.

Export Pay on account CSV

June 6, 2025

Flexpass Cancellation Restriction Feature

When this setting is active, any Flexpass that has been used at least once can no longer be cancelled or refunded.

Export Pay on account CSV

May 2025

May 28, 2025

New Flexpass Report

A new report to track flexpass transactions and usage is now available. It includes details like flexpass ID, product, transaction, customer, fare type, price, uses, expiration, status, and operating company.

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May 19, 2025

Download & Print Ticket Attachments on Alternative Printers

On the ticket details screen, the user can download the attached template in PDF format and send it to any available printer, selecting it manually before printing.

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May 12, 2025

Location Closure Management and Status Control

A new feature has been introduced to enhance location closure management and provide greater control over closure statuses and financial validation.

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May 12, 2025

Flexpass Round-Trip Redemption

Back office users can now redeem a round trip in advance using their flexpass.

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May 12, 2025

Associate Operating Company to Flex Pass

Enables the configuration of an Operating Company (OpCo) to a Flex Pass.

Associate Operating Company to Flex Pass

May 7, 2025

Paid-in items that can be added during the sales flow (similar to an SSR) can now be auto-selected by default.

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May 7, 2025

Items Report, Operating Company Column Added

A new Operating Company (OpCO) column has been added to the Item report.

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April 2025

Apr 29, 2025

Ticket printing and reprinting control

Permissions are introduced to enable or disable the “Print Ticket” option on the ticket details screen, as well as specific rules regarding ticket delivery options in the payment confirmation.

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April 22, 2025

Bundles Redeemable Item Revenue Allocation

When bundles are sold, redeemable items created from the sale now include Revenue Operating Company (Rev OpCo) and Operating Company (OpCo) information based on the shift location of the sale

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April 10, 2025

Promotion Limits per Manifest

The system now allows setting a maximum number of tickets per manifest eligible for a specific promo code to be redeemed onto the trip.

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March 2025

March 20, 2025

Ticket Movements Time Restriction

Set Rules on how far in advanced or how far in the past a reservation can be moved from its original departure.

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March 19, 2025

Access 5-Day Outlook and Manifest Modifications Without Open Shift

Perform actions such as dispatch, bulk move, notifications, change bus/capacity/status on manifests without requiring an open shift.

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March 10, 2025

Busbud Online Refund Emails

A new configuration is now available to control refund email behavior for the busbud_online payment method.

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March 10, 2025

Ticket Movement Fare Type Restriction Override

As part of ticket movement enhancements, the system now follows updated business rules for fare types during movements

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March 10, 2025

Configurable Ticket Movement Limits

You can now configure the maximum number of times a ticket can be moved, applying to both individual and bulk movements.

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February 2025

February 24, 2025

Ticket Movement Hide Invalid Trips Filter

A new filter option “Hide invalid trips” has been added when searching for trips in the ticket movement flow.

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February 13, 2025

Scanning App: Sell paid in item (standalone)

Configure your ancillary items (paid in items) to sell them on the Betterez mobile scanning app.

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February 13, 2025

Scanning App: Departure and arrival time in the trip manifest

The Betterez mobile scanning app now shows the departure and arrival times in each manifest

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February 10, 2025

New Manifest Status: Operations

Set a manifest as an "Operations" trip, prevent bookings on this manifest

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February 10, 2025

Driver Rest Time & Assignment Validations

Validations to improve scheduling accuracy and compliance for drivers

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January 2025

January 22, 2025

Ability to make OpCo and Brand mandatory when creating/editing a schedule

A new configuration has been added in Admin > Sales & Inventory → Operation Settings:
“Mandatory Operating Company and Brand for Schedules.”

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January 22, 2025

Mandatory Operating Company and Brand configuration for schedules

Make Operating Company and Brand mandatory when creating/editing a schedule.

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January 22, 2025

Custom Ticket numbers: Replace Betterez Default Ticket Numbers

Configure your own ticket number schema to replace the default 6 digit alphanumeric ticket numbers in Betterez.

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January 9, 2025

Agency Commission Configuration & Calculation

When creating or editing an agency, you can now assign a commission and define how it should be calculated before or after taxes (configurable via a new checkbox or radio button).

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January 2, 2025

Driver App: Arrival & Departure Times per Stop

The Current Trip view in the Driver App now displays the scheduled arrival and departure times for each stop at the local times of each station.

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December 2024

December 20, 2024

Open return without O&D restrictions

Premium Feature: Open return tickets can now be redeemed for any origin and destination, they retain their value to book against the return trip of the operator's choice.

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December 20, 2024

Disable Transaction Receipt Printing

Prevent transaction receipts from printing on sales, cancellations and changes.

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December 5, 2024

Define fare tables by seat class & omit O&D combinations

Premium Feature: For operators using seat classes in Market Pricing, create fare tables with distinct origin and destination combinations for seat class sales.

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November 2024

November 21, 2024

Map visual update for Stations, Routes and Schedules

Improved UI for navigating and understanding your network. In the back office operations, see a map based on your station coordinates for routes and schedules.

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November 21, 2024

Standing passenger sales

Define standing capacity on schedules and sell tickets for seated and standing passengers on a trip.

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November 19, 2024

Refund to Voucher and Ticket Association

When refunding a ticket to a voucher, show the voucher information in the ticket details of the refunded ticket

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November 19, 2024

Limit Advance Sales for Back Office

Set the maximum number of days in advance a back office sales agent can sell a ticket.

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November 19, 2024

Display the created by shift location in Ticket details

In the ticket details page, the shift location that created the ticket is displayed.

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November 1, 2024

Reports: Expired Ticket Filter

Ability to filter for the expired tickets in the tickets report

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November 1, 2024

Merge Customer Profiles

Select multiple customer accounts and merge them into one, including all transaction history and loyalty points.

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October 2024

October 25, 2024

Scanning App: Unredeem Tickets

Configure the driver scanning app to allow drivers to unredeem tickets

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October 25, 2024

Scanning App: Set trip date to default to today

Configure the driver scanning app to set the date of the trips view to today by default

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October 25, 2024

Scanning App: Sell seatmap trips

For selling trips on the scanner app, drivers can select the seat if the trip has a seatmap.

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October 16, 2024

Manifest ticket log

Track the movement of tickets in each manifest through a log

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October 16, 2024

Redeem vouchers in voucher details page

When searching for a voucher, quickly redeem it from the voucher details page and speed up the booking process.

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October 9, 2024

Ticket time and trip name in shopping cart

Improved the information displayed in the shopping cart, adding the trip and ticket details for review prior to purchase.

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October 4, 2024

Optional Origin and Destination for Vouchers

Vouchers can be configured to not require an O&D for subsequent redemption.

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July 2024

July 23, 2024

Tax Calculation on Net Payable Amount

Taxes are now calculated based only on the amount paid with valid payment methods (e.g., cash, credit card), excluding “virtual money” such as loyalty points or promo code discounts.

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July 24, 2024

Brand Configuration For “Apply per Ticket” Fees

Configure “Apply per ticket” fees by brand

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June 2024

June 24, 2024

Auto-Assign Seats in Manifest Move

The Manifest Move portal now supports auto seat assignment when moving tickets between manifests.

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June 21, 2024

SSR Fee Calculation as % of Ticket Value

Support has been added for selling Special Service Request (SSR) as a % of a ticket value. Use cases can include selling insurance as a % of the ticket value.

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June 21, 2024

Configurable Operations Messages by Amenity Group and Brand

Support has been added for selling insurance as a Special Service Request (SSR). The insurance cost is calculated as 5% of the ticket value. Evaluation is in progress to determine whether this functionality should remain as an SSR or be managed as a paid-in item.

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June 21, 2024

Printing Closed Shifts

Agents can now print their latest closed shift even after signing out and back into the system.

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May 2024

May 21, 2024

Tax-Exempt Schedules

The system now supports marking schedules as tax exempt, preventing any tax from calculating on the sale of a ticket for that schedule.

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May 21, 2024

Interline Journey Integration

The system now supports connecting journeys across multiple Betterez providers, enabling seamless booking, payment, and management of interline trips.

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April 2024

April 25, 2024

Optional Filter Visibility in Intelligence Reports

A new option has been added to improve report filtering workflow:

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April 25, 2024

More Flexible Connection Options

The connections engine has been enhanced to provide greater flexibility when displaying trip options. Previously, only the top 3 fastest connection options were shown.

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March 2024

March 13, 2024

Bank Account Assignment and Shift-Based Deposit Automation

Enhancements have been made to bank account management and shift closeouts

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March 13, 2024

Hide a User's Shift Sales Amounts

Prevent sales agents from seeing the total of their shift during and after close.

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March 11, 2024

Assign Restrictions to User Shift Locations

Users who sell in the back office can now be assigned their shift location options, limiting what locations they can start a shift in.

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March 11, 2024

Limit Number of per Ticket Changes

Configure the number of times one ticket can be changed

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March 06, 2024

Voucher Refunds and Redemptions

Refund to voucher and improved flexibility for voucher redemptions

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February 2024

February 26, 2024

Station Search Improvements in Booking Flow

The station search experience has been enhanced for faster and more intuitive booking. Updates include:

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February 26, 2024

Female Identified Seating

During the booking flow, designate the passenger gender and provide visibility of female seated passengers in the seatmap to book together.

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February 26, 2024

Faster back office booking with short codes for station searches

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