Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!ljdickey From: ljdickey@watmath.UUCP (Lee Dickey) Newsgroups: net.travel,net.misc Subject: Re: QUESTION ON TWA TICKET PRICING POLICIES. Message-ID: <7423@watmath.UUCP> Date: Sat, 31-Mar-84 13:40:32 EST Article-I.D.: watmath.7423 Posted: Sat Mar 31 13:40:32 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Apr-84 07:18:19 EST References: <228@hou2b.UUCP>, <2575@rabbit.UUCP> Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 13 This past week, my friend wanted to go from Buffalo to Boston. The weather was messy, and he looked into prices for busses and trains (as well as the planes). He was astonished to find a curious *INVERSION* in the expected fares. The cheapest was the plane (People Express, via Newark), the next ($9 more) was the train, and above that was the bus. It surprised me too.... -- Lee Dickey, University of Waterloo. (ljdickey@watmath.UUCP) ...!allegra!watmath!ljdickey ...!ucbvax!decvax!watmath!ljdickey