This isn't the same issue. I was trying to raise the issue of a Eurail-style go-anywhere pass, suitable for a wanderlust-style vacation valued by so many in using their cars (not just a point-to-point monthly pass), and the fact that it is for sale by Amtrak, but only to non-Americans. I see zero reason for this restriction, and I have always seen it as an example of throwing money away. Amtrak provides a great service, and it's a pity when they don't design it so that more can take advantage of it and enjoyably.
They do offer some passes which are half of what I am saying. For example they seem to offer a very attractively-priced pass (under $200?) for 21 days of travel to most spots in California (7 days of actual travel maximum I think). I don't know how the bus figures into this (they commonly use bus routes to supplement where trains don't go) But the go-anywhere thing, so prominent in my plans on one or two trips to Europe in my youth, is apparently something that we Americans are good enough to fund (such as through our subsidies to Amtrak) but not good enough to buy or use. On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 11:41:36 -0400, you wrote: >My monthly fee lets me get on and off anywhere between the 2 points listed >on my pass any time I want as many times I want in a month. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/O10svD/Me7FAA/AG3JAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
