I could be wrong, but taking the train between two major east coast cities just over 100 miles apart should should probably cost less than flying

@Jackbmeyer Supply has to equal demand at equilibrium

@Jackbmeyer But to calculate value, you have to divide by how long it takes—what do they charge you per minute sitting on their seat?

@Jackbmeyer Amtrak is priced to encourage flying, not replace it….

@Jackbmeyer For comparison, if you travel from Copenhagen to Aalborg (192 miles), it'll cost you $87. And Danish trains are quite comfortable with free internet. Also, Denmark is one of the most expensive countries in the world.

@Jackbmeyer Not this whining again. Amtrak does surge pricing. If you wait until days or even weeks before to buy it, you will pay the price. Amtrak had record ridership this year. It's a popular way to travel. Plan ahead to get a cheaper fare.

@Jackbmeyer The thing with Amtrak is that for the least dynamic transportation company of them all it has the most dynamic pricing.

@Jackbmeyer It’s crazy. The US just cannot make trains work for some reason.

@Jackbmeyer Was that a same day purchase?

@Jackbmeyer What’s the cost of a cab from LGA to Penn Station?

@Jackbmeyer I took an Uber from Mattapoisett, MA to Manhattan this summer and it was way cheaper and more convenient than plane or train. Really weird.

@Jackbmeyer A train in asia would do that in 20 mins for 30$. God i hate living in a third world country

@Jackbmeyer it does if you book it far enough out but unfortunately high demand and inelastic schedules mean it’s often insanely expensive close to the travel date

@Jackbmeyer This is “surveillance pricing” I believe. If you didn’t clean out your cache or delete your cookies, they know that you’ve already researched this and are ready to buy. Hence the extortion pricing. Both @SenRubenGallego and @RepRashida have pending bills to ban this.

@Jackbmeyer I’ve considered Oakland → LA via Amtrak many times but always choose flying, which is both cheaper and faster. But Amtrak is not really trying to compete on cost or speed. Rather, they aim to deliver a unique experience.

@Jackbmeyer I think companies are testing to see how much we are willing to pay. I've seen sudden price changes on alot of things. Most recently on priceline. At check up the price went up 10.00. I backed out waited a little then did it again. Price stayed the lower price.

@Jackbmeyer I’m a MetroNorth traveler more than anything and was beyond shocked when I learned how much Amtrak is costing people. The same ticket I’d buy for like $25 is like $100 on Amtrak it’s insane

@Jackbmeyer Checks out. No competition to drive prices down.

@Jackbmeyer blame the libs that want amtrak to be nationwide. the northeast corridor is the only profitable route and subsidizes everything else.

@Jackbmeyer You want to spend 5 hours on a train instead of driving for 90 minutes? Weird, but okay ...

@Jackbmeyer Amtrak prices are in buckets. As each bucket sells out it goes to the next more expensive one. So last minute fares are a lot more expensive, like airlines. But at least with Amtrak if you know how it works you can get it cheaper either by buying early or using an off peak time.

@Jackbmeyer I miss Buttigeg as Transportation Secretary, he was doing good stuff that would've lowered train costs in the long run.

@Jackbmeyer Meanwhile, I just got an Amtrak ticket with these exact parameters for $15 (it was also the last ticket available). The Amtrak algorithm is a complete mystery to me.

@Jackbmeyer How the HELL is this allowed!?

@Jackbmeyer I'm 2007ish, my sister and I took a Greyhound from Northern California to Middle California. A couple years later we needed to do the same. We realized at that time flying was significantly cheaper.

@Jackbmeyer Wait why is train travel MORE expensive than flights? That's the entire reason to travel by train, because it's orders of magnitude cheaper? I'm assuming this is in the US?

@Jackbmeyer It should also be pretty quick, but the auto industry says we can't have high speed trains, we need to endlessly wait in traffic jams.

@Jackbmeyer 😆 🤣 😂 in the UK it's cheaper to fly from London to Glasgow-Edinburgh-Aberdeen ... Than get the train & the Kicker you can fly to Spain cheaper than Scotland 😳😲🤯

@Jackbmeyer FWIW I bought a ticket from Boston to NYP for $30 on Wed. Amtrak is very cheap if you book weeks in advance or at the last minute.

@Jackbmeyer Planes are just pretty efficient Be hard to compete with

@Jackbmeyer With Amtrak, you need to purchase NEC tickets well in advance. It cost me $22 to go from Philly to DC for the WWE event. It would have been around $130 for the exact same seat if I'd booked the week of the show instead of right after I bought the tickets in the presale.

@Jackbmeyer I go often from nyc <> dc and Amtrak is often cheaper than flying

@Jackbmeyer Yeah, well…

@Jackbmeyer Amtrak is poorly managed like all government agencies. They tell customers to download their app for current information about delays, then never update the information. Horrible experience.

@Jackbmeyer Why does it cost more?