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Just saw that on July 3rd a CZ Bedroom dropped almost $1,000 in the accommodation fare from $1662 to $681. I have seen drops before but not this much.
It's still a huge drop in price if someone is looking to book that day regardless of "the buckets".That's nothing more than a decrease from the high to low bucket. That amount of change ($981) is topped only by that of the EB with an $1164 difference between high and low buckets, as seen below:
4 May 2017 Amtrak Fare Buckets.jpg
That 59% price drop is indeed large, but it's not regardless of the buckets. It's in accordance with the pre-established buckets and anything is possible.It's still a huge drop in price if someone is looking to book that day regardless of "the buckets".
True, but there are just enough people on this site (or over on FT) who are obsessed with travel pricing stuff that sharing that stuff will find an audience...;-)That's precisely what Betty was getting at. Outside of a few people overly obsessed with Amtrak, nobody knows or cares what buckets are. That's what "regardless of the buckets" meant. Not an invitation to share what you have or haven't seen in methodical tracking of all things buckety.
What was the city pair? e.g. If it's DEN-EMY then the rooms might be sold out CHI-DEN. I've seen this behavior on the Meteor more than once.Another guess would be if the buckets drop that low then the sales quota for that train run has not been met. I would agree somewhat with the statement that buckets don't matter much. If you follow fares that carefully, you must have complete flexibility on your travel schedule in order to use the low fares. If you examine fare system history some real changes may lie ahead. Amtrak is in a period of flat growth so what will happen to the fare structure is a big question mark.
Amtrak is in a period of flat growth so what will happen to the fare structure is a big question mark.
And somehow their lives will be complete.If most don't know or care about (fare) buckets then it follows that most will remain ignorant of ticket pricing. So be it.
I never disputed that, that fact peacefully coexists with Betty's contention that most people neither know nor care.True, but there are just enough people on this site (or over on FT) who are obsessed with travel pricing stuff that sharing that stuff will find an audience...;-)That's precisely what Betty was getting at. Outside of a few people overly obsessed with Amtrak, nobody knows or cares what buckets are. That's what "regardless of the buckets" meant. Not an invitation to share what you have or haven't seen in methodical tracking of all things buckety.
Ryan just proclaimed "Outside of a few people overly obsessed with Amtrak, nobody knows or cares what buckets are." so if you want to know what a bucket is - ask him.What's a bucket? Thank you.
Awwwww, someone got their poor little feelings hurt.Ryan just proclaimed "Outside of a few people overly obsessed with Amtrak, nobody knows or cares what buckets are." so if you want to know what a bucket is - ask him.What's a bucket? Thank you.
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