Comments on: Acela Train First Class NYC to Boston http://followalena.com/2009/06/26/acela-train-first-class-nyc-to-boston/ Live, learn, and travel. Fri, 11 May 2012 01:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alena http://followalena.com/2009/06/26/acela-train-first-class-nyc-to-boston/comment-page-1/#comment-5814 alena Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:31:47 +0000 http://followalena.com/?p=1196#comment-5814 I've flown to Boston several times and I would definitely prefer it over flying because getting to any of the airports in NYC is a hassle and Boston can be bad too. With the train you are right downtown in both places. Check-in took me about a minute because I just scanned my e-mail confirmation at a kiosk and my tickets printed out for both ways. If you live near an Amtrak station or regularly pass through, you can print out the tickets at any time after you order them, not just on the day of the trip. Coming home I already had my ticket and headed to the train. You only have to be at the station about 10 minutes before unless you want to hang out in the lounge. The train is late A LOT. My return trip was right on time but my departure was 90 minutes late. Since I've done this before, I planned for it but it's not the most reliable option. I would say that you need to give yourself an arrival window of a couple of hours. Planes can be just as unreliable so in that sense they might be equal. I’ve flown to Boston several times and I would definitely prefer it over flying because getting to any of the airports in NYC is a hassle and Boston can be bad too. With the train you are right downtown in both places.

Check-in took me about a minute because I just scanned my e-mail confirmation at a kiosk and my tickets printed out for both ways. If you live near an Amtrak station or regularly pass through, you can print out the tickets at any time after you order them, not just on the day of the trip. Coming home I already had my ticket and headed to the train. You only have to be at the station about 10 minutes before unless you want to hang out in the lounge.

The train is late A LOT. My return trip was right on time but my departure was 90 minutes late. Since I’ve done this before, I planned for it but it’s not the most reliable option. I would say that you need to give yourself an arrival window of a couple of hours. Planes can be just as unreliable so in that sense they might be equal.

]]> By: Travel Muse http://followalena.com/2009/06/26/acela-train-first-class-nyc-to-boston/comment-page-1/#comment-5813 Travel Muse Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:04:31 +0000 http://followalena.com/?p=1196#comment-5813 How long did the entire trip (check in to taxi) take? Would you choose it over flying? I used to book it often and people preferred it over the airlines. I'm wondering if that's still the case. Haven't had a chance to ride it myself, but it's on my list! How long did the entire trip (check in to taxi) take? Would you choose it over flying? I used to book it often and people preferred it over the airlines. I’m wondering if that’s still the case. Haven’t had a chance to ride it myself, but it’s on my list!

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