Am booked with a business class ticket round trip from New York to Toronto on the Maple Leaf. I have been on this train a while ago. What is the advantage of business class? I got this as a gift, so am assuming it involved an extra cost ).
Posted by drew_henderson (Member # 1480) on :
Probably not much advantage on this type of train. Along the NEC the advantage is reserved seating, but the Maple Leaf is all reserved anyway. Its a special seating section usually next to the snack bar and drinks (not alcohol) are included.
Seats always seem the same to me, though it may be 2-1 seating as opposed to the 2-2.
Posted by David (Member # 3) on :
Although I have not travelled in business class on this train (I use it several times a year between Toronto and Niagara Falls) I have always seen this small section of the lounge car when purchasing refreshment from the take-out counter. It usually consists of regular "2+2" coach seats, usually without the curtains on the windows that some cars have. Occasionally there has been a club car with "2+1" seating. On one trip the Amtrak conductor of the Toronto-bound train put mothers and their screaming babies in the business class section. I am assuming that there were no paying business class passengers on that run. If there were, I imagine they would be downgrading to the much quieter regular coaches.
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