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[–] JeromeVancouver@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tickets are on sale now, starting at €59 one way.

That is really cheap.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For anyone else that's curious about a comparison in the US, I looked up Amtrak from Atlanta to Washington DC, roughly the same length. $109 ticket and it lists just over 14 hours to travel. Based on what I've read it's practically guaranteed to take a good bit longer though.

So ~75% higher cost and at best ~75% longer travel time.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"Starting at" means if you book 3 months in advance and are lucky to get one of the rare discounted tickets. Normal price is probably the triple of that or so.

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not triple, more like double. Triple is only if you book it really on short notice.

Here are the prices for the next Mondays:

  • 16.12: 196 €
  • 23.12: 101 €
  • 30.12: 118 €
  • 06.01: 58 €

So if you can book at least 1 month in advance, you get much better prices.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I picked the cheapest ticket for the US trip. It's as fair a comparison I'm going to get without checking the trip to Berlin. Which I don't want to do, if it's even possible yet.