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If you reduce fars by 20% and get a 15% rise in load factor, are you ahead finanically? The answer is likely not - it will infact be a money losing proposition. Your core riders who are willing to pay your current prices notice the discounts and pay less, but that's not offset with the new...

I walked from OKJ to the BART station at night at didn't feel uncomfortable. As I recall the area was very quiet though, virtually no one around for better/worse.

The Canadian's OTP is actually much better than it used to be. On the 3 day schedule it was late on pretty much all my trips from Winnipeg-Vancouver, and I collected many late train credits from that. Since they have implemented the 4 night schedule, I haven't gotten a late train credit and I...

If you can sleep on a bus or the flight over fairly easily, than you'll probably be fine with coach. Of course the Amtrak seats are much roomier than a plane, but some people (including me) just can't sleep very well sitting up. The fact a sleeper includes all your meals also makes the cost a...

Count on 1.5 hours one way to Santa Monica via bus, its cheap but requires patience. If your up for it, Santa Monica is a great place to rent a bike and take a ride on the cycle path along the beach. You can bike south past LAX and go for a long way. Might be some good exercise after being on...

Thanks for pointing out those city pairs to me, I called in and managed to book it for the one zone price. I'm really doing Denver - Chicago, but this way I get a few extra trains in :)

You might want to consider the Le Meridian San Francisco off Travelzoo for $99 http://hotels.travelzoo.com/california-hotels/710495

Via Rail's regular fairs on the Canadian are quite high, but due to the economy heavily discounted ones are available. If your dates are flexible you can check www.viarail.ca/deals/ for the off season you could of gone Toronto-Vancouver in an Upper Berth for ~$320 CDN. For the on season their...