Fare Buckets - and when do they increase/decrease?

[Bonser]

Yes,housing is outrageous as well. Still, paying over $3000 for a 48 hour ride on the Empire Builder is outrageous and obscene. Obviously,you and I won’t pay it. I still maintain that charging that kind of price is price gouging and greed Why can’t Amtrak yield management lower the high bucket? Why can’t it be done?

Traveling by bedroom was always a luxury few could afford since railroads started offering them. Yes, they had a larger supply of bedrooms in the 1920's-1950's, but they also had. a far greater demand rail was the only means of long distance travel.

 

[Bob Dylan]

One more time. Compare the price of premium travel in the USA vs Canada. AMTRAK is 40% less than VIA.

Not as much as you think! The Looney is weak right now against the Greenback, so the exchange Rate for those with American Dollars gives us a big discount when visiting the Great White North!( especially in the Winter when Discounts are more frequent on VIA)

 

[zephyr17]

Traveling by bedroom was always a luxury few could afford since railroads started offering them. Yes, they had a larger supply of bedrooms in the 1920's-1950's, but they also had. a far greater demand rail was the only means of long distance travel.

And the by far the vast majority of Pullman travel in the day was by business travelers on expense accounts. People that paid it themselves were generally wealthy or at least upper middle class. Leisure travelers also were largely not the target clientele.

 

[MARC Rider]

Not as much as you think! The Looney is weak right now against the Greenback, so the exchange Rate for those with American Dollars gives us a big discount when visiting the Great White North!( especially in the Winter when Discounts are more frequent on VIA)

True, except you wouldn't believe the prices of hotels in Toronto, even accounting for the currency conversion.