Texan Eagle
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If you are planning to reply "Because supply-demand" without reading rest of the post, please save the effort. I know that.
I was checking fares on Amsnag to do a sleeper ride from Chicago to New York any day in April, and the LOWEST fare for one in roomette on any day of the month is $337 on Lake Shore, while on Cardinal it is north of $650. I know sleepers are in short supply, but this kind of fares for just one overnight journey caught me by surprise!
Does anyone want to chime in on two things-
1) Are CHI-NYP fares always so ridiculously high?
2) What is the typical demographic/kind of travelers who pay these fares for CHI-NYP travel when flights between the two cities cost less than half of it?
I was checking fares on Amsnag to do a sleeper ride from Chicago to New York any day in April, and the LOWEST fare for one in roomette on any day of the month is $337 on Lake Shore, while on Cardinal it is north of $650. I know sleepers are in short supply, but this kind of fares for just one overnight journey caught me by surprise!
Does anyone want to chime in on two things-
1) Are CHI-NYP fares always so ridiculously high?
2) What is the typical demographic/kind of travelers who pay these fares for CHI-NYP travel when flights between the two cities cost less than half of it?