Came an hour early to my 11pm bus, but saw that the 10pm bus from NY to DC was half empty so I asked if I could board. The ticket-master said it'd be $5 each (there were two of us) which was a total ripoff. If It wasn't so darn cold out in NY, then I wouldn't have taken that deal. But for real, that cannot be protocol. Many other ticket-masters have let me go on by especially since the buses have a lot of space.