Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
By contrast, the FC tickets I bought from OeBB for Budapest-Wien (which mav.hu still isn't offering) ran €14+7 a piece (albeit in EuroCity). Czech rail does include an automatic seat reservation but no choice of seats.
That's a great deal and incredibly cheap for first class on this route. MAV doesn't usually offer first class for less than EUR 27 (RJ or EC trains), although this may change when they finally load the fares for the new timetable season.
I wonder if the lower RegioJet fares have forced this reduction - even though they have only two (usually full) trains each way daily.