The money you earn by gouging for every last seat doesn't make up for the money you chase away by having unreliable prices!!
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Replying to @380kmh
Lol...I wanted to confirm this; checked the Hartford to NYC prices again, this time for traveling *today* instead of next week
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Replying to @380kmh
Lowest price is now £35...depending on how flexible my departure and arrival times are, tho, I could get stuck with a min of £50!
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Replying to @380kmh
Take a look: only three trips, for starters...imagine first leaves too early & last arrives too late--you're screwed! Customer-hostile farespic.twitter.com/0ewdyPGTly
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Replying to @380kmh
It's what airlines do though. To try to level out the peaks a little.
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon
These aren't airplanes though...mitigate peak demand on trains by increasing frequency/volume not by playing with prices
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Replying to @380kmh @uncriticalsimon
Train trips tend to be daily, local, spontaneous affairs, vs air travel which is rarer, goes further, and is likely planned in advance
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Replying to @380kmh
I don't want a pre-booked railway either, but we are talking about intercity not regional or commuter trains. They aren't so spontaneous.
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon
but they're gonna use the same tracks and stations for the most part, might as well standardize ticketing practices
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Replying to @380kmh
Then you just end up with hideously overcrowded peak time trains, or the rolling stock and infrastructure are too expensive to maintain.
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I'm sorry, weren't we talking about intercity not regional or commuter trains?
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Replying to @380kmh
Yes. You still have business peaks. And the Friday evening crush.
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