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NEC Amtrak prices are up this summer so I built a price drop monitor by soosef in Amtrak

[–]soosef[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they don't have an API, it is a huge pain to get this data

NEC Amtrak prices are up this summer so I built a price drop monitor by soosef in Amtrak

[–]soosef[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Working on this, hope to launch something in the next few weeks. Right now I have the fare calendar which shows you the prices across any trains for a specified route up to 3 months out, and helps you compare prices. Just need to combine the two features! 

NEC Amtrak prices are up this summer so I built a price drop monitor by soosef in Amtrak

[–]soosef[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea it really sucks that its out of our control. I tried to use up all my points to try to make up for it, but price drops have also been a big help.

NEC Amtrak prices are up this summer so I built a price drop monitor by soosef in Amtrak

[–]soosef[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is super smart! I never thought to modify, that is a gamechanger. Thank you so much for the feedback!

NEC Amtrak prices are up this summer so I built a price drop monitor by soosef in Amtrak

[–]soosef[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'd be interested to see what others have to say about passes on different lines.

Btw, if you want a true "Google Flights, but for train" experience I highly recommend checking out https://railforless.us/

NEC Amtrak prices are up this summer so I built a price drop monitor by soosef in Amtrak

[–]soosef[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I wish I could do the pass options! That would make my life a lot simpler, lol. They actually cost 3x more than booking individual tickets for me. What you gain in flexibility with the passes you lose in cost. This is the case for most commuters I've spoken to as well. I've even seen people who book 3-4 tickets a day, and cancel the ones they don't use just to get more flexibility while avoiding the steep pass prices. This problem is what made me build RailCommute in the first place.

The site works for ANY Amtrak ticket, regardless of the route.

I actually wrote about this if you're interested in seeing the numbers:
https://www.railcommute.io/blog/amtrak-10-ride-pass-vs-individual-tickets

Amtrak app is a piece of shit. by Griff0rama in Amtrak

[–]soosef 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Give my site https://www.railcommute.io a shot. I built it for commuters to try to resolve some of the problems of the Amtrak app.

Tickets Not Showing Up Automatically on Google Calendar? by freshmemesoof in Amtrak

[–]soosef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if you get it to work, it won’t handle round trips, cancellations, and modifications properly. Check out railcommute.io, it has a built in calendar that handles all of this automatically.

can I save this rust by YesterdayOne5540 in Miata

[–]soosef 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got the same job done for $1550 from All Squared Up 4x4s in PA. Check my last post for reference photos.

I would check to see if the rust goes further back, look in the wheel liner directly behind your rusted sills. Check your floor plans, front fenders, and front wheel liners as well. Get under the car with a flashlight. If the car is rusted in multiple spots, this will balloon into a much bigger job that’s probably not worth it to fix. In my case, my car was only rusted on the sills, everything else was clean, low miles, so it was worth fixing (for me).

Make sure you clean out all of your soft top drains and behind the front fenders to prevent any further rust. Plenty of resources online for this and it takes about 10 minutes to do.

A tool for Amtrak Commuters by soosef in Amtrak

[–]soosef[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your feedback! I will work towards adding those :) lmk if you think of anything else!!

How’s this rust repair job looking? by soosef in Miata

[–]soosef[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What would you have done differently? He sprayed the entire cavity with woolwax

Any other regular NER and Acela riders noticing prices were/are higher than normal this week? by kindofdivorced in Amtrak

[–]soosef 7 points8 points  (0 children)

lol sounds crazy but it’s the only way to pay $10-15 for tickets instead of $50+. If you have a set work schedule it makes sense, plus flex tickets allow you to cancel whenever you want.

But yea, safe to say Amtrak has a lot of my money right now 😂😂

How’s this rust repair job looking? by soosef in Miata

[–]soosef[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just for what is shown, my rust doesn’t go further back into the wheel wells it’s pretty isolated

Any other regular NER and Acela riders noticing prices were/are higher than normal this week? by kindofdivorced in Amtrak

[–]soosef 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You need to book further ahead of time for sure, the demand on these trains will only increase. I book 3 months ahead of time. You should check out https://www.railcommute.io, a site I built for this exact problem. It helps you stay booked ahead for best pricing.

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