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The fares shown in my original post were compared on July 13, 2013.  The fare that I chose was booked on July 14th.  I traveled on August 27th. Absent a valid statistical sample of the four fare classes offered by Amtrak on the NEC, taken over at least a year, conclusions about the actual fare spreads are speculative.  Without a valid statistical sample of the travel policies, procedures, and practices governing the travel of people in the NEC, irrespective of the mode of transport, as well as assumptions about the cost of alternative modes of transport, the conclusions are speculative.   A valid statistical sample, drawn over at least a year, of the compensation, employment, productivity, values, etc., of people who chose one of Amtrak’s four classes of service, or selected another mode of transport, would be necessary to draw any valid conclusions about the population as a whole.  Cost and time are only two of the drivers that motivate the choice of transport.  Convenience, comfort, dependability, connectivity, source and destination mobility, and status all play a role.  Sorting out what is important for each individual or a prototypical individual is a complex process.   Isolating the variables is a daunting task. Without access to the profiles of people who choose one of Amtrak’s class of service, as well as those for people who choose an alternative mode of transport, conclusions drawn about their motivation and values are tenuous at best.
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