Students depending on Greyhound Bus Lines to get them to their destination this spring break will not have last year's discount to make their ticket prices cheaper.

Greyhound Bus Lines canceled one of its discounted-fare programs at the end of January due to airline and train ticket fare increases. The discount allowed travelers to receive tickets for half price if the ticket was bought at least two weeks before departure.

Dan Williams, ticket agent at Greyhound, 152 N. Atherton St., said the promotion was started last year for spring break to combat low airline and train fares. The discount was planned to last for two months, but Greyhound Bus Lines extended it because of the continuing low airline and train fares.

"Now airline and train tickets are sky high and we couldn't justify having a discount," Williams said.

Tricia Walcott (sophomore-Spanish) said Greyhound is hurting itself by cancelling the discount.

"It was a good idea and they took it away, so now people will look for another form of transportation, such as the ride board," she said.

Brian Martone (freshman-division of undergraduate studies) said the decision to cancel the discount was a good one.

"Let them keep the prices up so my parents won't make me take the bus," he said.

Williams said when the discount was in effect, a lot of people did not take advantage of it because "a lot of times it is hard to plan two weeks ahead of time."

Greyhound's basic fares are discounted already, Williams added. Most bus fares are based on mileage, but "we know students don't have the money to go home as much as they want to," he said.

The bus line still has a discount available for people traveling more than 400 miles. If travelers buy their tickets three days in advance, they receive a 25 percent discount; a week in advance, they receive a 35 percent discount; if they purchase tickets two weeks in advance, they receive an extra ticket free.