Originally Posted by
peersteve
For mid-day trains, I'll take the Regional Business class over Acela.....not only does it look good on expense report, but RegBiz is generally quite empty, so get the extra space and quiet (figure those who are not looking for lowest fare go to Acela, which leaves the mid-priced Regional Biusness seats empty)......If I'm taking the train, it's because I do want the extra time to work or snooze, so the relative slowness of Regional is desirable.
What an honor that your 2009 post (since you do one per year on average!)
was in this thread! Yes, this is kind of what I was thinking. I don't mind the
slowness (except that time I was stuck outside New London in a broken
train for three hours in the middle of the night). But I got really annoyed
when it was not less crowded recently, after I had sacrificed price, miles,
and time by avoiding Acela. I think you're right that mid-day is a better
bet for this plan.
--LG