Thoughts on amtrak pricing model? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago by bleepbloopbop@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net

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Talking about the "bucketing" where they first sell x% of tickets at a cheap price, then the next x% at a higher price, and on and on until its expensive as shit.

This is really demoralizing as someone who'd like to be a bit more spontaneous, and be able hop on a train out of town (which is running either way and never full...), the price I get offered is like double the price if I booked 3-4+ months out.

There must be a better system.

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[-] Maoo@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

They kind of do sometimes but they also have the weird early bird pricing model where if you buy a ticket a day or week before the train leaves you'll be paying 2-3X what it would cost to fly.