I would certainly take the train again from BOS to NYP, but I was not in awe of the equipment or overall experience. The first class meal was quite good, and the cafe car is nice. However, right now if I book online with the shuttle I earn a total of 5,500 points round trip say for BOS to LGA with the different promotions going on. Also I have a friend who used to take the Acella quite frequently, and he said they would often run out of nip bottles of liquore, etc.....but he too preferred the train to flying. Also I don't know that the new train is particularly less expensive especially if you fly on any kind of discount, although I believe Amtrak does have corporate discounts that some people I know have gotten.