Talking about the "bucketing" where they first sell x% of tickets at a cheap price, then the next x% at a higher price, and on and on until its expensive as shit.
This is really demoralizing as someone who'd like to be a bit more spontaneous, and be able hop on a train out of town (which is running either way and never full...), the price I get offered is like double the price if I booked 3-4+ months out.
There must be a better system.
Wait americans don't have distance based fares?
No because the frequency is dogshit.
If you thought surge pricing was something Uber made up, have I ever got an branch of capitalism to introduce you to!
They kind of do sometimes but they also have the weird early bird pricing model where if you buy a ticket a day or week before the train leaves you'll be paying 2-3X what it would cost to fly.