Night Owl Fares on NEC

[joelkfla]

"Special “Night Owl Fares” as low as $5 – $20 are now available on select Amtrak Northeast Corridor (NEC) routes."

https://media.amtrak.com/2023/03/amtrak-introduces-ultra-low-night-owl-fares/

 

[JoshP]

$10 from WAS to PHL or WAS to EWR for $15 is hell cheap, I might purchase several tickets shortly and gain up some miles just heck for it.

 

[BlackDiamond]

Sounds great unless you want to go North of NYC.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Sounds great unless you want to go North of NYC.

And if your station has early bird trains. My station’s first train is after 5 am

 

[jis]

And if your station has early bird trains. My station’s first train is after 5 am

You just need to take your rides after 7pm

 

[user 14106]

I really like this idea. I hope it works out well.

 

[IAlam]

I just got a $5 same-day ticket today and went straight to the lounge, I got my money back in snacks

 

[Anderson]

I just got a $5 same-day ticket today and went straight to the lounge, I got my money back in snacks

Shhhh!

 

[Septa9739]

Just a month in to this pilot, it seems these fares have all but disappeared. I suppose volume came back a bit faster than expected. 65/66/67 seem to be the only ones where these fares are available.

 

[Mike Nogrady]

"Special “Night Owl Fares” as low as $5 – $20 are now available on select Amtrak Northeast Corridor (NEC) routes."

https://media.amtrak.com/2023/03/amtrak-introduces-ultra-low-night-owl-fares/

1977 BOS to NYP:

 

[UhClem]

Today's email:
https://www.amtrak.com/promotions/n...esStatePartnerSoloEmail2023-VersionB-Hero-AGR

 

[user 14106]

The Night Owl fares also of course only live in the lower buckets. Once the Night Owl fares are sold out more typical higher bucket fares emerge. Based on observations on the app it seems that somewhere above 30% and below 40% occupancy is when the Night Owl fares disappear and higher buckets appear on the trains that qualify for these fares.

 

[JamesWhitcombRiley]

The sale is because the Night Owls now lay over in NYP for a few hours? Due to MNRR's Penn Station Access work? That train used to run full. I made the mistake of thinking a train leaving NYP at 1:45am would be fairly empty, in 2018. A few dozen boarded with me, but the train was sold out with passengers already onboard from Boston. Later I saw it was often sold out, especially the sleeper that ran again briefly in 2020 or so.