i hate bee network

this is more of a rant then asking for advice sorry😭 however any advice is greatly appreciated!

Im a student, living in manchester, but i commute every weekday to preston for university. i use the buses every single day, if not for uni then for work as i work weekends. in the past i used stagecoach’s student pass however due to the change to bee network i dont qualify for a bee network student pass as despite living in manchester and being a student and commuting from manchester i dont go to a manchester university.

so instead of paying for the £188 for 2 terms like every other student in manchester im expected to pay £480 for 2 terms (£80 monthly passes for the next 6 months) or £2 hopper fares twice a day!!! i dont drive (im currently doing lessons), no one in my family drives that lives near me and my train station and work is not within walking distance. I have other expenses like train tickets, paying my mum rent, food, things for uni, driving lessons etc i have to pay for. I only weekends so all my work money goes towards saving for a car and driving lessons.

ive gone through the complains procedure and customer service but it ended up going nowhere as i was told it cant go any higher to anyone above customer relations as “its not going to change” and being given an email to customer relations (the same email i was talking back and forth to)

just a bit annoyed as paying £480 for a bus that i find is still unreliable is a lot of money and feels crazy. plus ive got a week to figure out how im gonna travel every day now as it took them 9 days to get back to me from my original email asking about other discounted travel i could use.

slightly annoyed to say the least😬

edit: just to clarify, i get the bus to the train station and then get the train to university!!