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I need to get to Point A...I am also 6'5" Ticket: $178 (the fare that shows up on initial search) Luggage fee: $40 Taxes and Fees: $35 Exit Row Seat which may

I need to get to Point A...I am also 6'5" Ticket: $178 (the fare that shows up on initial search) Luggage fee: $40 Taxes and Fees: $35 Exit Row Seat which may or may not be crowded: $65 (each way) Actual Cost: $400 (Numbers SWAG'd, but that's approx what it costs to round trip from Denver to Baltimore) All I want to do is take a 2 hour flight in relative comfort and the whole thing's a bait n switch. That doesn't include the TSA Grope, the 'no fluids pass security', $12 a day far out distant remote parking, nor leaving the extra time to handle all of the extra fallderal. I can see people getting disenfranchised with the whole deal.

organsnyder 8y ago
Taking the train is a much more pleasant experience. If only our train schedules (outside of the NE corridor) didn't suck.
- gjs278 8y ago
  yeah if you enjoy the trip taking 7x longer sure
- glup 8y ago
  Looking at you, LAX. Coming from SFO, I've spent more time in traffic getting to where I need to go in LA than the actual flight.
  - Damogran6 8y ago
    2 hour flight, gotta be at the airport 90 minutes early, airport's an hour away...pretty soon it's nearly the same amount of time to fly (not really, but it can be close sometimes)...when yo udrive you leave when you want, have no luggage restrictions, and the food's as good as you want to pay for. No in-flight drinking, though.
- camelNotation 8y ago
  Amtrak with kids is a dream come true on long trips. So much room, so much freedom. Our kids could literally just sit and play on the floor in front of our seats, then we could walk them to the dining car or someplace else when they wanted a change of scenery. We could play with them and entertain them in a way you can't in a car or plane. But I will never ride it again because it is so poorly managed. I needed to be at work the next morning, but they canceled our train at the last minute because of icy weather in New York (how have we not figured out how to solve for coldness yet) and I had to take an extra vacation day and leave the next morning instead. Such absolute nonsense.
  - Noumenon72 8y ago
    I can attest that airplanes also cancel flights because of icy weather. Even interstates sometimes close for winter weather, in Wisconsin.
    - camelNotation 8y ago
      Yes, I think underlying my criticism is the important fact that trains are not planes or cars. Trains do not slide on rubber tires the way the other two do and are, in fact, very capable of traveling from point A to point B in inclement weather.

organsnyder 8y ago

Taking the train is a much more pleasant experience. If only our train schedules (outside of the NE corridor) didn't suck.

gjs278 8y ago
yeah if you enjoy the trip taking 7x longer sure
glup 8y ago
Looking at you, LAX. Coming from SFO, I've spent more time in traffic getting to where I need to go in LA than the actual flight.
- Damogran6 8y ago
  2 hour flight, gotta be at the airport 90 minutes early, airport's an hour away...pretty soon it's nearly the same amount of time to fly (not really, but it can be close sometimes)...when yo udrive you leave when you want, have no luggage restrictions, and the food's as good as you want to pay for. No in-flight drinking, though.
camelNotation 8y ago
Amtrak with kids is a dream come true on long trips. So much room, so much freedom. Our kids could literally just sit and play on the floor in front of our seats, then we could walk them to the dining car or someplace else when they wanted a change of scenery. We could play with them and entertain them in a way you can't in a car or plane. But I will never ride it again because it is so poorly managed. I needed to be at work the next morning, but they canceled our train at the last minute because of icy weather in New York (how have we not figured out how to solve for coldness yet) and I had to take an extra vacation day and leave the next morning instead. Such absolute nonsense.
- Noumenon72 8y ago
  I can attest that airplanes also cancel flights because of icy weather. Even interstates sometimes close for winter weather, in Wisconsin.
  - camelNotation 8y ago
    Yes, I think underlying my criticism is the important fact that trains are not planes or cars. Trains do not slide on rubber tires the way the other two do and are, in fact, very capable of traveling from point A to point B in inclement weather.