The forum has had a lot of discussion recently about the CS situation and its bus bridge. Also, with the flooding in the Midwest and the busing that that has/is causing.
When Amtrak knows that buses will be used for an extended period of time as opposed to a spur of the moment situation, how does the bucket pricing system work? That is, if I bought a last minute ticket on a train in the Midwest that has been busing for a week or so and will be busing when I want to travel, does everyone pay the same price to ride the bus? Would I get the lowest coach price? Do they have an entirely different set of prices for busing?
What about someone who bought their coach ticket 8 months ago compared to a person who bought their coach ticket 2 days before the bus bridge started and paid a much higher bucket fare than the person who purchased 8 months ago? Do they get a refund of some sorts just as sleeper car folks would because they paid a higher coach fare?
I wonder if all those folks on the bus even discuss this amongst themselves and realize what is going on? I've been on airplanes where some discussions got started within a group of passengers as to who paid what for the same flight. It gets interesting.
When Amtrak knows that buses will be used for an extended period of time as opposed to a spur of the moment situation, how does the bucket pricing system work? That is, if I bought a last minute ticket on a train in the Midwest that has been busing for a week or so and will be busing when I want to travel, does everyone pay the same price to ride the bus? Would I get the lowest coach price? Do they have an entirely different set of prices for busing?
What about someone who bought their coach ticket 8 months ago compared to a person who bought their coach ticket 2 days before the bus bridge started and paid a much higher bucket fare than the person who purchased 8 months ago? Do they get a refund of some sorts just as sleeper car folks would because they paid a higher coach fare?
I wonder if all those folks on the bus even discuss this amongst themselves and realize what is going on? I've been on airplanes where some discussions got started within a group of passengers as to who paid what for the same flight. It gets interesting.
