• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      For anyone else that’s curious about a comparison in the US, I looked up Amtrak from Atlanta to Washington DC, roughly the same length. $109 ticket and it lists just over 14 hours to travel. Based on what I’ve read it’s practically guaranteed to take a good bit longer though.

      So ~75% higher cost and at best ~75% longer travel time.

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        7 days ago

        “Starting at” means if you book 3 months in advance and are lucky to get one of the rare discounted tickets. Normal price is probably the triple of that or so.

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          7 days ago

          I picked the cheapest ticket for the US trip. It’s as fair a comparison I’m going to get without checking the trip to Berlin. Which I don’t want to do, if it’s even possible yet.

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          Not triple, more like double. Triple is only if you book it really on short notice.

          Here are the prices for the next Mondays:

          • 16.12: 196 €
          • 23.12: 101 €
          • 30.12: 118 €
          • 06.01: 58 €

          So if you can book at least 1 month in advance, you get much better prices.