I always book far in advance to get the lowest fare and when I was checking on a trip in November I found I could not find a CZ Roomette for less than $552 all the way into January 2011. I discovered a rate increase by accident. I booked a Roomette Eugene to Sacramento in May and a week later (when I found out when I was returning) I booked the return and found about a 2% fare hike. Roomette was the same but Coach was higher. Why doesn't Amtrak announce increases?
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Why should they?
Like the airlines, Amtrak rates and services are unregulated. Whether booking by web orphone, a passenger knows what will be the tab before saying "I do".
Posted by wayne72145 (Member # 4503) on :
Yes you are right, it is not like going down to the bus stop with exact change and finding out the fare went up.