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I wonder how Southwest explains drink service on Delta, United, Spirit, etc. American is the most confusing since they refuse to sell alcohol in coach but have no problem serving hard liquor for free up front.
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Yes. It's a bit of "throw everything at the wall and see what sticks" as a media outlet; and honestly it's not as bad as that makes it sound. They're mostly honest and tend to chase out actual liars. Which is better than many outlets do.Im not that familiar with Business Insider but are these type of amateurish articles normal for them?
Different people's motion sickness varies. For some reason I'm always better on trains than in airplanes; my theory is that trains may have a lot of pitch, but have very little yaw and not much tilt (even on bumpy track) and I think the yaw is what gets me on the airplanes.As someone who gets motion sickness, a flight in good weather is definitely more stable than freight track on the long distance Amtrak routes. The caveat being that turbulence can be far worse than even the worst track, but it's usually much shorter in duration.
Obviously the train wins when you're on non third world track in a civilized country that has rail infrastructure not maintained by UP/BNSF/CSX.
I actually think this one is very positive, with one major exception: she wants better food.
The YouTuber I'm referencing is closure to my age, so very much a millennial. Southwest still give you a drink and peanuts on some flights, no idea what the time limit is if there is one. I still think it's unreasonable to expect anything beyond transportation on an under an hour flight.
As a young one, I beg to differ.However, she did spend some of her time watching the Office, so she gets points for that. I didn’t know anyone that young would even know about the Office.
It's a VIIs that a VLII bedroom she is in? It looks awfully new and clean. Here all we true train lovers are hoping we’ll get to be in one eventually if the rates ever drop and we’re lucky enough to get the new car.
There is only one government run passenger intercity rail service today. So it is essentially regulated. Airfare on the other hand has come way down by price after deregulation. I suppose if we only had one National airline in the U.S. then airfare would be similarly priced. I know I’m not paying one way airfare or train fare at $1000 between NY and Florida. I’ll just drive. By the way the Golden Age of trains had much better service and food.$1000 for a room! Ay Dios Mio! Nevermind that before deregulation the cost of just the room would be over half that and you wouldn't get any of your food covered. Given what Amtrak's accommodations are and that they can set their own fares, $1000 for what she got is more than you would get just with the ticket back in the "Golden Age".
There is no part of the government that has powers that the ICC had over Amtrak and the freight railroads prior to the passage of the Staggers Act. Fares prior to then were regulated, Congress could now, they could do pretty much anything if they care to, but they don't care about what airlines or Amtrak is doing or charging people. The truth is that you paid more for tickets and got less included in them under regulation than you do now. Food service was restaurant quality, but you paid damned near top dollar for them.There is only one government run passenger intercity rail service today. So it is essentially regulated. Airfare on the other hand has come way down by price after deregulation. I suppose if we only had one National airline in the U.S. then airfare would be similarly priced. I know I’m not paying one way airfare or train fare at $1000 between NY and Florida. I’ll just drive. By the way the Golden Age of trains had much better service and food.
Which regulations control Amtrak pricing and what do they say about it?There is only one government run passenger intercity rail service today. So it is essentially regulated.
I’ll take Pullman service over Amtrak any day all day.There is no part of the government that has powers that the ICC had over Amtrak and the freight railroads prior to the passage of the Staggers Act. Fares prior to then were regulated, Congress could now, they could do pretty much anything if they care to, but they don't care about what airlines or Amtrak is doing or charging people. The truth is that you paid more for tickets and got less included in them under regulation than you do now. Food service was restaurant quality, but you paid damned near top dollar for them.
This one seems a lot better than the others
That's been going on since Flex dining started. Once all the trains have traditional dining the complaints will stop. They already have on the Western trains. The author rode in Coach. Cafe menus are pretty much on par with flex. Once Coach passengers can eat in the dining car with traditional dining the bitching will end.https://www.yahoo.com/news/took-18-hour-train-ride-161210193.html
serious complaints about food offerings
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