I rode on a Flixbus...

I used Flixbus.  Before you do, here is my experience…

The best feature of using Flixbus, is the cost:  for the trip I booked, it was about ten dollars for
a ride from Tucson (Arizona) to Las Vegas (Nevada).  About twenty dollars from Las Vegas to
Tucson.

I also wanted to ride a Flixbus...because it called to my geeky and nerdy nature.  More
relating to that within my review...

If you can, before you book your trip, plan to be able to print the ticket.  Otherwise,
use their app to present your authorization to the driver. You will need to have one or the
other before you are allowed to board the bus.

(Also, they offer printable luggage tags for your bags...but...you will need to have a stapler
available so you can affix them to your luggage.)

September 27, I left from Tucson, and...at the time...the location I needed to be at was the
backside of a Denny’s restaurant.  At 5:45 a.m.

The bus which arrived was a standard tour-type bus...it was not one belonging to Flixbus.  It
did not have any Wi-Fi service, and AC power outlets. This bus took us to Phoenix…

We arrived at a transportation service yard, where other vehicles were parked.  We were
instructed to get off of the bus we were on...then had to get our luggage from under the bus...
wait for our driver to prepare the new bus, which was a Flixbus...put our luggage on the
Flixbus, and then get onto the Flixbus.

Per https://flixbusmedia-us.on.icomera.com/en/journey/ :

“...FlixBus gives you a chance to enjoy free Wi-Fi, extra legroom, private outlets and lots of
room for your baggage.

“...you will be able to avoid boredom thanks to free Wi-Fi on board. You can spend your
journey surfing the internet, chatting with friends, catching up on social media or checking
your emails!

“FlixBus also provides seats with extra legroom. Buses are equipped with comfortable seats
and plenty of space. All seats have adjustable backrests and are comfortable even on longer
trips.

“...There is a toilet on board all FlixBuses.

“...look out for the...many outlets in FlixBuses.

“Our FlixBuses offer you enough space for your baggage...All details about can be found in
the baggage policy.”

Their baggage POLICY limited me to one “hand luggage (25 lbs.) and 1 luggage (50 lbs.) per
person for free”…

“One item of hand luggage 16 x 12 x 7 in for max. all size of all sides of 35 in, max. 25 lbs.

“Your carry-on baggage is limited to one item with dimensions of 16 x 12 x 7 inches  and a
maximum weight of 25 lbs. Slight deviations from these dimensions are permitted provided
that the total dimensions of the item do not exceed a total height, width and length of more
than 35 inches.

“One check-in bag 31 x 20 x 12 in for max. all size of all sides 63 in, max. 50 lbs.”

For me, this was/is a VERY restrictive policy: I also wanted to have with me on-board some
books and notepads, but could not bring them along with my notebook computer (without
violating their policy).

It appeared to me many were allowed to violate that policy...

I was unsatisfied that the seats are narrow.  Too narrow for me to be able to comfortably
use my Google Chromebook.

I sat near the rear of the bus(es)...and was lucky to find some seats in that area which had
more legroom.

A woman behind me found she did not have any AC power outlets available to her…

The Wi-Fi service which gives access to the internet...was VERY SLOW:  download speeds
never exceeded 1 Mbps…

And, my entire allotment for the trip was a total of 300 MB worth of “data volume per day &
device”.  Also, Flixbus states : “Quality/speed may vary regionally”.

If you are hoping to watch video during your trip, consider the standard quality stream of a
YouTube video can be 1 MB of data per minute...and you could consume about five hours of
content before you reach the limit.

You can consider passing the time, with no restrictions, with Flixbus content.  IF the portal
webpage loads ( https://flixbusmedia-us.on.icomera.com )...and there were times when it did
not.  During my trip I had access to twenty-four movies, some television shows, portions of
some audiobooks, and some games.  Magazines were to be accessible, but I was
unsuccessful in being able to browse any.

Initially when I booked my trip, my information indicated I could disembark in Las Vegas at
“East Helen Street and Fremont Avenue”.  However, after attempting to research this
location...it appears it does not exist. “Freemont Street” and “Helen Avenue” exist...but I was
never able to locate them intersecting each other…

My trip ended near the Bonneville Transit Terminal (at 101 East Bonneville Avenue).  My
return trip (to Tucson) boarded from this same location.

Tickets are cheap.  But don’t expect more than that as a benefit of using their service.

Sentenced to prison in Arizona...expect death

...companies operating in Arizona have the highest lockup quotas in the country, ensuring payment for up to 100 percent of their prison beds...

...Management and Training Corp. couldn't hold on to employees, who routinely worked 12- to 16-hour days, 80 percent of the staff was newly hired or recently promoted on the night of the escape. After the men were discovered missing, it took more than an hour for MTC staffers to alert local law enforcement; when they did notify them, they didn't know the names or even the races of the missing men. They "only knew they were wearing orange," says Mohave County Sheriff Tom Sheahan.

...Commit a serious enough infraction to get your security status upgraded and be shipped to a higher-security facility; or request protective custody – and be branded a snitch. When an inmate requests protection...is rarely granted protective custody, or "PC." Instead, he's moved to another prison. Any lateral transfer between facilities – minimum security to minimum security, for instance – is regarded with suspicion by other inmates.

..."When he called me again for money, I said no...Apparently that's why he died."

Nothing at all would be known about Neil's murder if his parents hadn't filed a lawsuit. After his death, Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) investigated, but it has kept the results of its inquiry to itself. The reason? The investigation is still "open," even now, three years later. Deaths in prison are like this; for all intents and purposes, they've occurred in a foreign country ruled by a dictatorship...

The River Valley Medical ambulance arrived at Kingman at 11:10 p.m. The medics noted a "baseball-size contusion and swelling" on the left side of Neil's head.

From the medical examiner's autopsy report: "Depressed left temporal bone fracture." Neil's cranial bone – behind the ear and at the base of his skull – was broken or crushed inward, a "depression" of the bone toward the brain. "Large left epidural hematoma." Neil's veins or arteries were damaged by the blows – blood had pooled into the space between the skull and the dural membrane. Neil's brain was "markedly swollen" and had begun to push down into his brain stem. Bruise on left upper eyelid. Bruise at the base of the spine between the buttocks...

...MTC had failed to conduct crucial staff trainings or had condensed what training it did offer, setting its employees up for failure...staff have a very limited understanding of "prison politics," "prison culture" and "yard dynamics"...

"...‘If you do something wrong...do everything you possibly can to get out of it because you're going to be killed while you're in prison'"...

...Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey...canceled MTC's contract. All it took was one escape, two dead retirees, a flood of drugs, who knows how many inmates bullied, cowed, strung out, injured over the years, a murdered 23-year-old shoplifter, and three days of rioting that destroyed one half of the prison and led to an officer's suicide. Two months later, Ducey and ADC awarded the contract to another for-profit prison company, GEO. Shortly afterward, the Arizona Republic reported that GEO had contributed $2,000 to Ducey's campaign for governor and $50,000 to Conservative Leadership for Arizona, an independent group that supported Ducey...

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/sentenced-to-death-whos-responsible-for-the-murder-of-neil-early-w520951