I've been wanting them to have an api for years with a TOS that you cannot resell tickets or make any additional fees from the sale to discourage SEO snakes from hijacking things.
A more reasonable front-end could be made without much effort and a very low monthly overhead to host since it's mostly a proxy
Require the same upsells with the insurance and credit card offer I don't care, that's not the problem I have with the site.
It depends hugely on when you book--both time in advance and time of year--as well as any sales going on. Which can vary a TON in Europe as well. I almost always take trains within Europe but they're no bargain.
At one place I worked, the two releases that made us the most nervous went out on Friday the 13th, and Halloween (IIRC). The reasons that they made us nervous had nothing to do with the release dates. We were nervous that what we did had hidden bugs, and even after testing, we were still somewhat nervous.
Now that US AI psychoses is reaching pandemic levels, I wonder if governments outside the US will accelerate their migration plans. Too bad we can't socially distance ourselves, wash hands and wear masks.
When I get back to the office on Monday I'm going to start making steps to make sure that skill atrophy gets limited so that we don't fall into the same helpless incompetence.
A more reasonable front-end could be made without much effort and a very low monthly overhead to host since it's mostly a proxy
Require the same upsells with the insurance and credit card offer I don't care, that's not the problem I have with the site.
Amtrak from NYC to Philadelphia cost as much as a flight to continental Europe, and the experience was abysmal.
Perhaps I’m “spoiled” by UK and Swedish trains but UK is pretty terible
They acted like I was committing a crime at the service desk too tbh. I’m not sure how they are in business.
(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_failure
Without planes, lots of them probably just tried to rush to Amtrak and they received a volume they’ve never seen in a very short order.
I doubt there is anything more complicated than that.
Both releases were clean. Go figure.
Coming soon: car rental sites, hotel booking sites, food delivery services, taxi and ride share services.
(context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50482379)
When I get back to the office on Monday I'm going to start making steps to make sure that skill atrophy gets limited so that we don't fall into the same helpless incompetence.
And is not connected to the internet.