Oho! We're the private sector, and we're superior to that publicly owned Amtrak because we don't take taxpayer funds that indirectly subsidize our real estate development schemes!
On the Princess Cruises & Kissimmee wraps, Car #4, which was added to the consist, is unwrapped.
Are you sure that wrapped trains are less desirable to most passengers? Perhaps the vast majority of passengers are riding for its transportation utility and don't care whether trains are wrapped. Meanwhile, Brightline is getting advertising revenue from the wrapped trains, which might be a handy buffer for them during transient periods of low ridership. (Which brings me to the pint that while I love it when the trains are empty and I don't have to sit next to anyone, the company operating the railroad sure doesn't like those empty trains.) I think if we want to have frequent and comprehensive train service, we might have to ready to put up with wrapped trains and seatmates.
True, yet despite pursuing every possible route to charge money for what used to be free, airlines have remained very hesitant to wrap their planes in advertising wraps, or even apply interior advertising or audio advertising (this safety on board announcement is brought to you by Pepsi).
The last few years I have flown on AA, the flight attendants have been hawking their Citi-Aadvantage credit cards…
Yeah that's me. The dots on the windows are emphatically bad but they're not in the same world of badness as driving.
They don't cut it down nearly as much as the integrated window shades, and in August the a/c on Brightline works a lot better than on Amtrak or Germany's ICE.
I'm sure that wrapped trains are less desirable to a significant portion of passengers - Brightline themselves and Amtrak have both said this over the years.
That's not setting the bar very high
Regarding your tongue-in-cheek ( I assume) comment about airlines not wrapping their planes in ads inside and out...that's a decision they can make and we, as passengers, can deal with it. But what if airlines decide to blur/wrap the windows of the planes with outside ads so passengers can't look out. This example is closer to what I'm thinking about.
That is where the real money is from what I have read about the credit cards. Oddly enough it was my wife accepting a Spirit Airlines credit card that motivated me to get an Amtrak credit card and then my wife did as well. And we dumped the Spirit card.
Maybe passengers can petition the same agency to say the same about the wrap of passengers train windows...i.e wraps of passenger windows are an impediment to passenger safety in the event of an emergency. Hmmmm...is this so far fetched?
In fairly plain terms, the AA FAs get paid a ton for hawking the cards. The commission is something like $100/card. FAs who are good with the pitch can rake in a comfortable five figure supplementary income, and it's a big incentive to try to work lower-frequency-traveler flights (e.g. Thanksgiving/Christmas).
2021 November 61,045 0.6 $ 582,979 $ 9.83 $ 9.55 0.8 $13.11
2021 December 95,348 1.3 $1,259,547 $13.63 $13.21 1.6 $13.63
2021 156,393 1.8 $1,842,309 $11.51 $11.78 2.4* $15.34
Year Month Ridership Tix Rev-A Tix Rev-B PPR-A PPR-B Tot Rev Total PPR
2022 January 64,243 1.3 $1,254,666 $20.24 $19.53 1.5 $23.35
2022 February 77,806 1.6 $1,624,589 $20.56 $20.88 1.9 $24.42
2022 March 107,069 2.3 $2,289,135 $21.48 $21.38 2.7 $25.22
2022 April 93,922 1.9 $1,926,340 $20.23 $20.51 2.3 $24.49
2022 May 102,796 2.2 $2,178,247 $21.40 $21.19 2.6 $25.29
2022 June 92,304 1.7 $1,713,162 $18.42 $18.56 2.1 $22.75
2022 July 111,582 1.9 $1,896,894 $17.03 $17.00 2.3 $20.61
2022 August 100,116 1.9 $1,917,221 $18.98 $19.15 2.4 $23.97
2022 September 91,577 1.8 $1,769,268 $19.66 $19.32 2.5 $27.30
2022 October 102,615 2.1 $2,126,183 $20.46 $20.72 3.0 $29.24
2022 November 102,544 2.2 $2,213,925 $21.45 $21.59 3.4 $33.16
2022 December 183,920 3.7 $3,733,576 $20.12 $20.30 5.1 $27.73
2022 1,230,494 24.6 $24,643,207 $19.99 31.8 $25.84
2023 January 156,137 3.5 $3,538,064 $22.41 $22.66 4.7 $30.10
2023 February 151,654 3.7 $3,654,861 $24.39 $24.10 4.7 $30.99
2023 March 179,576 4.7 $4,710,278 $26.17 $26.23 6.5 $36.20
2023 April 151,080 3.4 $3,446,135 $22.50 $22.81 4.9 $32.43
2023 May 168,137 3.5 $3,468,666 $20.82 $20.63 5.2 $30.93
2023 June 149,536 2.7 $2,706,602 $18.06 $18.10 4.2 $28.09
2023 July 156,478 2.8 $2,818,169 $17.89 $18.01 4.3 $27.50
2023 August 149,821 2.6 $2,581,416 $17.35 $17.23 4.0 $26.70
2023 September 125,475 2.6 $2,588,549 $20.72 $20.63
2023 October 126,059 3.1 $3,092,227 $24.59 $24.53
2023 November 112,423 2.9 $2,915,128 $25.79 $25.93
2023 December 121,386 3.5 $3,470,426 $28.83 $28.59
2023 1,747,762 39.0 $38,992,570 $22.31 $22.31
2024 January 113,560 3.2 $3,246,680 $28.18 $28.59
2024 February 114,264 3.3 $28.93
2024 March 124,379 4.2 $33.96
2024 April 103,737 3.5 $33.51
2024 May 95,965 2.9 $30.62
2024 June 84,062 2.4 $28.03
2024 July 76,907 2.1 $27.08
2024 August 71,507 2.0 $27.76
2024 September 75,230 1.9 $25.88
2024 October 83,514 2.3 $27.60
2024 November 90,624 2.5 $27.10
2024 December 101,756 3.0 $29.42
2024 1,135,505 33.3 $29.34
Filing Derived Derived Filing Filing DerivedYear Month Ridership Tix Rev-A Tix Rev-B PPR-A PPR-B Tot Rev Total PPR
2023 September 17,578 1.5 $1,479,364 $85.33 $84.16
2023 October 79,686 7.3 $7,314,378 $91.61 $91.79
2023 November 93,184 8.4 $8,360,468 $90.14 $89.72
2023 December 115,683 9.0 $8,970,060 $77.80 $77.54
2023 306,131 26.1 $26,125,220 $85.26 $85.34
2024 January 122,703 9.1 $9,126,649 $74.16 $74.38
2024 February 113,874 9.2 $80.54
2024 March 133,928 10.7 $80.25
2024 April 119,380 8.8 $74.13
2024 May 135,918 9.6 $70.81
2024 June 139,307 9.9 $71.46
2024 July 143,488 9.9 $69.33
2024 August 136,555 9.3 $68.04
2024 September 130,249 9.4 $71.85
2024 October 134,221 9.9 $73.98
2024 November 155,939 11.3 $72.80
2024 December 162,201 11.8 $72.74
2024 1,628,007 119.2 $73.20
Filing Derived Derived Filing Filing Derived2021 November 61,045 0.6 $ 582,979 $ 9.83 $ 9.55 0.8 $13.11
2021 December 95,348 1.3 $1,259,547 $13.63 $13.21 1.6 $13.63
2021 156,393 1.8 $1,842,309 $11.51 $11.78 2.4* $15.34
Year Month Ridership Tix Rev-A Tix Rev-B PPR-A PPR-B Tot Rev Total PPR
2022 January 64,243 1.3 $1,254,666 $20.24 $19.53 1.5 $23.35
2022 February 77,806 1.6 $1,624,589 $20.56 $20.88 1.9 $24.42
2022 March 107,069 2.3 $2,289,135 $21.48 $21.38 2.7 $25.22
2022 April 93,922 1.9 $1,926,340 $20.23 $20.51 2.3 $24.49
2022 May 102,796 2.2 $2,178,247 $21.40 $21.19 2.6 $25.29
2022 June 92,304 1.7 $1,713,162 $18.42 $18.56 2.1 $22.75
2022 July 111,582 1.9 $1,896,894 $17.03 $17.00 2.3 $20.61
2022 August 100,116 1.9 $1,917,221 $18.98 $19.15 2.4 $23.97
2022 September 91,577 1.8 $1,769,268 $19.66 $19.32 2.5 $27.30
2022 October 102,615 2.1 $2,126,183 $20.46 $20.72 3.0 $29.24
2022 November 102,544 2.2 $2,213,925 $21.45 $21.59 3.4 $33.16
2022 December 183,920 3.7 $3,733,576 $20.12 $20.30 5.1 $27.73
2022 1,230,494 24.6 $24,643,207 $19.99 31.8 $25.84
2023 January 156,137 3.5 $3,538,064 $22.41 $22.66 4.7 $30.10
2023 February 151,654 3.7 $3,654,861 $24.39 $24.10 4.7 $30.99
2023 March 179,576 4.7 $4,710,278 $26.17 $26.23 6.5 $36.20
2023 April 151,080 3.4 $3,446,135 $22.50 $22.81 4.9 $32.43
2023 May 168,137 3.5 $3,468,666 $20.82 $20.63 5.2 $30.93
2023 June 149,536 2.7 $2,706,602 $18.06 $18.10 4.2 $28.09
2023 July 156,478 2.8 $2,818,169 $17.89 $18.01 4.3 $27.50
2023 August 149,821 2.6 $2,581,416 $17.35 $17.23 4.0 $26.70
2023 September 143,053 4.1 $4,068,427 $28.66 $28.44 5.8 $40.54
2023 October 205,745 10.4 $10,406,582 $50.55 $50.58 12.8 $62.21
2023 November 205,607 11.3 $11,275,488 $54.96 $54.84 13.9 $67.60
2023 December 237,069 12.4 $12,441,381 $52.31 $52.48 16.7 $70.44
2023 2,053,893 65.1 $65,108,408 $31.70 $31.70 87.7 $42.70
2024 January 236,263 12.4 $12,373,093 $52.48 $52.37 15.3 $64.76
2024 February 228,138 12.5 $54.69 15.5
2024 March 258,307 15.0 $57.96 18.1
2024 April 223,117 12.3 $55.25 15.2
2024 May 231,883 12.6 $54.18 15.4
2024 June 223,369 12.3 $55.11 15.2
2024 July 220,395 12.0 $54.59 14.8
2024 August 208,062 11.3 $54.20 14.0
2024 September 205,479 11.3 $55.02 14.1
2024 October 217,735 12.2 $56.19 15.1
2024 November 246,563 13.8 $56.00 16.9
2024 December 264,201 14.8 $56.05 18.2
2024 2,763,512 152.5 $55.18 187.9
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