Long Distance Train Coach & Sleeper Fares (Buckets)

[niemi24s]

Thanks to Trimetbusfan we now have a new low bucket Roomette fare on the CS of $486. It's available most days between now and 2 Feb 2023 for the whole route for one adult. I believe there's still another bucket around $546 out there waiting to be offered and found.

The CS Saver Coach fare is now $103.

 

[niemi24s]

Trimetbusfan just reported the missing Roomette bucket - it's $521, the seventh one.

I suspect there may not be any more as the current $486 to $846 range meshes nicely with the old five bucket range of $432 to $765. Kinda. Sorta. Maybe.

 

[niemi24s]

Updated fare bucket chart. Only change is the addition of two lower Roomette buckets on the CS.
FYI: Best (only) way to reliably inform me of any error or a new bucket is by private conversion (PM).

 

[niemi24s]

Looks like the next round of fare increases has begun, but so far just the EB and CZ.

Aarrrghhhh!!

Edit: The Auto Train fares have also increased.

 

[niemi24s]

Cobbled together an updated fare bucket chart for your amusement (?). Can see that with many routes now having eight buckets, the old pattern will need changing. Just squint in the meantime.


Spot checks show no changes yet for the SWC, TE, SL, CARD, LSL, CRES, CL, SILVERS or PALM.

 

[niemi24s]

This one has the Roomette fares for the EB (PDX) amended:

 

[niemi24s]

Minor corrections to the chart above (primarily omitted or incorrectly placed > symbols) are on the one below:

 

[niemi24s]

Here's an updated chart containing estimates that give each train having eight sleeper buckets the same number of Coach buckets - nine including the Saver Fare.


The EB Coach estimates are a bit "iffy" with no fares above the $306 / $308 having been found. You might say those upper five estimates are a bit of a WAG.

 

[niemi24s]

This update shows the three Saver Coach fares found for the EBs and a few other minor ones:


This is getting to be a real pain in the patoot!

FYI, those upper five Coach fare buckets for the EBs were estimated prior to discovery of those two lowest Saver buckets. The resulting eleven Coach buckets (including those Savers) casts some doubt on the validity of the top two estimates. But I'll leave them there for the time being.

 

[niemi24s]

Here's the latest chart:

 

[niemi24s]

As always, any corrections or confirmations of estimates are more than welcome.

 

[niemi24s]

In the 5 weeks since the last chart was posted, I've only found eight of the original thirty eight estimates. The remaining thirty have been highlighted in red below, and would appreciate being notified if any of those have been spotted.



Thanks in advance.

 

[niemi24s]

Have begun to gather data for a new chart with the recent fare increases and it appears each train has seen its sleeper fares go up by some fixed amount for all of its sleepers. So far, those increases are:

• SWC & TE, +$22
• CZ, +$25
• CARD & LSL (NYP), +$13
• CONO, +$17
• CRES, +$21
• CL +$12
• SS & SM, +$20

Most of these trains have five sleeper buckets. Those with eight buckets will take a little longer to figure out.

Don't know anything about Coach fares yet.

 

[niemi24s]

These are the dollar increases for each sleeper bucket on the remainder of the trains:

• SL +$21
• LSL (BOS) +$14
• CS +$18
• EB (SEA) +$30
• EB (PDX) +$30
• Auto Train +$53

Based upon the simplistic average of the previous lowest Roomette bucket and the highest Bedroom bucket for each train, these dollar increases range from 1.3% for the CZ up to 6.3% for the Auto Train.

Won't fiddle with Coach fares or a new chart until the current Amtrak sale ends.

 

[niemi24s]

This shows some CZ fares coaxed out of Arrow for a trip next year:



Note the As Of date - no idea how long any of these will remain in effect. Not a single low bucket ($627) among them.