brazzman
Train Attendant
AmSnag coach prices DEA > LAX and back again are each $178. Amtrak prices on the same days are $213. Why the difference?
Price difference (Amsnag vs Amtrak.com)
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the_traveler
Engineer
Perhaps from the time you clicked from AmSnag to Amtrak.com, someone booked and that was the last at that bucket? :huh:
AFAIK, they both use the same database.
AFAIK, they both use the same database.
Ryan
Court Jester
They do.
PaulM
Engineer
Amsnag is still getting $178 for example 351 Wolverine to SWC on 3/6. But Amtrak says $213. So there may be a bug.
DER-CHI is a $37 value fare.
CHI-LAX is a $141 saver fare, or a $176 value fare.
See what's going on?
Amtrak.com evidently won't combine these fare types on a connection. Book the segments separately, use multi-city, or use the mobile app.
CHI-LAX is a $141 saver fare, or a $176 value fare.
See what's going on?
Amtrak.com evidently won't combine these fare types on a connection. Book the segments separately, use multi-city, or use the mobile app.
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PaulM
Engineer
Difference explained:
The OP was apparently using the old version which goes after the old Amtrak results page: For DER to LAX, the following page (1st connection only) is returned
Using the new version that goes after the current results page returns
The OP was apparently using the old version which goes after the old Amtrak results page: For DER to LAX, the following page (1st connection only) is returned
Using the new version that goes after the current results page returns
Don't mean to sound ungrateful for the excellent Amsnag tool, but wouldn't it make more sense to return the lower price found on the old results page? That lower fare can be booked--just not from the new results page.
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VentureForth
Engineer
How can you use the old Amtrak.com interface?
PaulM
Engineer
Question: how do you plan to book from the old results page?
FWIW, if you do retrieve the old page in your browser (1st image in my earlier post) and click "Add to cart" next to the $178 price, you get
That is why when you click on the date in the "old" version of Amsnag, it retrieves the new version at amtrak.com. That way you can actually book something.
Why the two pages differ; and more to the point why Amtrak still keeps the old page around, are questions that are way above my pay grade.
PaulM
Engineer
I'd book the fare quoted on the old results page using multi-city booking or the Amtrak mobile app. Both will sell you that $178 ticket.
Here's the best part: in multi-city, simply entering DER-LAX under "Segment 1" will work.
PaulM
Engineer
One learns something new everyday.
VentureForth
Engineer
Takes me to the same place just going to Amtrak.com takes me...
