Hello,

As some of you might recall, I commute round trip each week from Buffalo to Chicago for work. I tend to reserve my tickets for the following week when I arrive at Union Station on Monday (but of course, I don't actually pick up the paper until Friday nights just before my departure - a lesson I learned by reading here!).

My coach fare buckets on these trains (48, 49) have always been $58, 72, 90, and 112 respectively. When I reserved my seats today, however, my seats only cost $49. I checked forward to next week, and it's the same there too.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not complaining. I've only been riding since October, so am I correct in assuming that this is some sort of peak/off-peak pricing that I'm experiencing, or is it something else?

The only impact it will have on me, AGR-wise, is the loss of 16 points each week (58 * 2 = 116). I can live with that for a saving of $72 per month! But I was hoping someone could explain this?

Gary