With the equipment shortages, Amtrak has jacked up fares. That is particularly true of segments within long distance runs that might occupy space that blocks sales of a higher fare trip.
I see. Amtrak makes it so difficult.
I noticed that as well on the starlight. It seems to regularly cost MORE to take the Starlight from SAC to EUG than it does to take it from SAC to PDX (even though the ride to PDX is almost 3 hours longer than if you were to get off at Eugene).
Same travel date.
Yeah it probably wouldn’t be too hard to get off early, but going the other way, by getting on ‘late’ you might get marked as a no-show
This has been the biggest downside to the e-ticket system - the old paper value tickets couldn't be voided out like that.
540 car is the dorm car that has no bedrooms just roomettes. But if dorm car is gone then sleeper rooms are needed for on board crew. So if dorm car is not there some sleeper rooms might be canceled for the crew?
Uh,. . .er,. . .hmmm. . .well no, as a matter of fact. But when silly stuff like this is found it's easily explained by blaming a square electron getting hung up in one of Arrows P-N junctions.
Makes me wonder if any authorities at Amtrak ever did a fare search on Amsnag when it was operating and discovered a snafu like this and then had it corrected. A shame Amtrak can't hire an IT person to bring their website up to the 21st century.Uh,. . .er,. . .hmmm. . .well no, as a matter of fact. But when silly stuff like this is found it's easily explained by blaming a square electron getting hung up in one of Arrows P-N junctions.
Like you say, it could be Amtrak wants people to be able to travel EMY-PDX, without making a transfer*. I'd assumed that was standard operating procedure on LD trains. On the other hand, Amtrak would make more moolah if it could book both segments seperately. The EMY-SAC family room on that date is currently at $406 with the RPA discount. This blocking does not prevent filling both segments. EMY-SAC on a Sunday night could have decent demand for rooms. They may have already paid that for a hotel room per night in SF, and this train does not have business class, if I recall correctly. On the other, other hand, it's not sold out, three weeks out, for any type of room, so the demand is not super high.
Seems like nearly nothing to us riders, but that's an extra $28.6 million a year to Amtrak.
LD trains or all trains? LD is only 3-4m, and doing that on state trains is probably a wash.
Only the LD trains. I don't keep track of the others.
Uh,. . .er,. . .hmmm. . .well no, as a matter of fact. But when silly stuff like this is found it's easily explained by blaming a square electron getting hung up in one of Arrows P-N junctions.
