Originally Posted by
susiesan
How long do you think the low loads will continue? Into October and National Day holiday travel? Should I be requesting seats in the middle cars, just in case? Sounds like that's what the Chinese must be doing.
Have you seen any of the prices for the HSR decline as a way to get people riding again?
Susie: As you must have figured out by now, you can't book train tickets months in advance. IME, the people at the ticket window are pretty good at selling the best remaining seats first (e.g. D/F followed by A/B/C). I can't imagine the prices will ever fall (remember, 13% annual minimum wage increase during
each of the next 5 years).