Talking about the “bucketing” where they first sell x% of tickets at a cheap price, then the next x% at a higher price, and on and on until its expensive as shit.
This is really demoralizing as someone who’d like to be a bit more spontaneous, and be able hop on a train out of town (which is running either way and never full…), the price I get offered is like double the price if I booked 3-4+ months out.
There must be a better system.
The most expensive tickets available should be priced at about half of what the cheapest tickets currently cost. Amtrak is so fucking expensive and it really shouldn’t be.
It’s because the US will only subsidize private car ownership and corn.