Buying a Long-Distance Bus Ticket

You're at a bus terminal buying a ticket to another city.

You
Quiero un boleto a Oaxaca, por favor.
kee-EH-roh oon boh-LEH-toh ah wah-HAH-kah, por fah-VOHR.
I'd like a ticket to Oaxaca, please.
In some countries you'll hear 'pasaje' or 'tiquete' instead of 'boleto'.
Clerk
¿Ida y vuelta o solo ida?
EE-dah ee VWEHL-tah oh SOH-loh EE-dah?
Round trip or one way?
'Ida y vuelta' literally means 'going and return'.
You
Ida y vuelta. ¿Tiene primera clase?
EE-dah ee VWEHL-tah. tee-EH-neh pree-MEH-rah KLAH-seh?
Round trip. Do you have first class?
First class long-distance buses in Mexico and South America are very comfortable with reclining seats and movies.
Clerk
Sí, tenemos primera clase. Son quinientos pesos.
see, teh-NEH-mohs pree-MEH-rah KLAH-seh. sohn kee-nee-EHN-tohs PEH-sohs.
Yes, we have first class. It's five hundred pesos.
You
Está bien. ¿A qué hora sale el próximo?
ehs-TAH byehn. ah keh OH-rah SAH-leh ehl PROHK-see-moh?
That's fine. What time does the next one leave?