low-high bucket?

[nanavc]

Just what is low bucket pricing? I think I know but could someone just tell me? Thanks

 

[Ryan]

Each seat/room has a set of prices assigned to it (usually 4 or 5). Each of the prices is referred to as a "bucket", so "low bucket" tickets are the cheapest ones out there.

 

[Swadian Hardcore]

Also, Amtrak no longer starts selling tickets at low bucket, they jump all over the place, so one must always check fares every day.

 

[Ryan]

Not true.

They don't always start at low bucket, but some do.

The only hard and fast rule about Amtrak fares are there are no hard and fast rules. Revenue Management can do whatever they want to with the buckets.

 

[Ispolkom]

Also, Amtrak no longer starts selling tickets at low bucket, they jump all over the place, so one must always check fares every day.

It would be more correct to say that Amtrak usually doesn't start selling sleeper tickets at the lowest bucket 11 months out. To say Amtrak no longer sells tickets at lowest bucket 11 months out is not always true for sleeper tickets, and it certainly isn't true for coach tickets.

 

[printman2000]

I have gotten low bucket sleeper for the past three or four years buying the first day the tickets were available (11 months out).

However, we always get 2 roomettes and almost everytime only one room was low bucket.