> Drawing attention to himself like this may mark the end of this experience. Unlikely, the FAQ on the ordering page explicitly states that the Bahncard 100 can be used for "any number of trips": https://www.bahn.de/angebot/bahncard/bahncard100-1-klasse . Also, 7714 Euros is expensive (it's more than I pay for a year's rent in a small appartment in Berlin for instance). I guess he's eating the additional cost for a 1…
>7714 Euros is expensive (it's more than I pay for a year's rent in a small appartment in Berlin for instance) What apartment can you still get for less than 640 Euros in Berlin today?
The apartment you got several years ago and still have.
Compared to the UK where a standard-class rail season ticket for me to get to London (including underground), at £8,272 p/y.. but for that, I also have the luxury of either standing in an overcrowded carriage, or if I am super lucky I get to sit in a seat that smells of urine.
> Unlikely, the FAQ on the ordering page explicitly states that the Bahncard 100 can be used for "any number of trips" They can change that though (if there's a material cost impact to them of this). They could just say from next year that you're capped at N journeys per month or something, where N is a very large number for anyone other than someone trying to live on trains.
...or they could just increase the Bahncard price, but it is already sort of a luxury item aimed mainly at businesses. It's at least more expensive than a more traditional "single lifestyle" (at least outside of popular cities). I don't think they'll run into the problem of the Bahncard 100 becoming too popular and being used to "live on the train".
In any case, it get this article generated a lot more sales than this guy could ever cost. Trains are a lot like hotels. You want to fill every spot you can, even at low marginal value because marginal cost is all but zero.
This kid is 17. What a chad! As long as he doesn't let less interesting people beat the creative spirit out of him, he's going to go places in life. I mean he's already doing so, about 800 miles worth of places per day
Does "Chad" have positive connotations now? When I was younger it was fairly derogatory.
I believe incels co-opted and elevated Chads (using it to essentially refer to guys who have sex) and it became memed outside of just the incel community.
London-Glasgow takes about 4h45m typically with about 7 stops. There's a train every hour between from 5am until about 6pm. Today the 5:30pm train is full, the 6:30 is £119 (€140) for a single ticket 2nd class. If you are more than 6'2" tall your knees will be wedged against the seat in front of you like on a budget airline, the ride quality on the train is too bumpy to be able to use a mouse or trackpad accurately w…
Thanks for the reply. For what it's worth if you're ever in the US, Amtrak does offer very spacious seating and often enough you'll have your part of the row to yourself. Probably comparable to flying first class, I'd say.
Yes American trains are great, I've only used regional trains from New York but they were spacious and comfortable. Your Miami - Jacksonville pairing is interesting, I was thinking about it and I think the big difference between the US and the UK is that if you couldn't take the train in the UK all those people would be on the road and it would cause a traffic meltdown. Whereas in the US most people are going to either drive or fly between regional cities like that and the whole country is criss-crossed by freeways and flights that link cities together in a big mesh so you can drive or fly quite directly to your destination. I get the impression that most freeways outside of big cities have relatively predictable journey times in traffic. You can fly Glasgow/Edinburgh - London but it is also a busy route and there is no capacity in the London airports for more regional flights. Likewise pretty much all North-South car journeys in Britain are on two motorways which are very busy. The drive will currently take anywhere between 7-10+ hours depending on what time of day you travel.
>7714 Euros is expensive (it's more than I pay for a year's rent in a small appartment in Berlin for instance) What apartment can you still get for less than 640 Euros in Berlin today?
The apartment you got several years ago and still have.
That's why I said "which you can get" not "which you already have" ;)
Compared to the UK where a standard-class rail season ticket for me to get to London (including underground), at £8,272 p/y.. but for that, I also have the luxury of either standing in an overcrowded carriage, or if I am super lucky I get to sit in a seat that smells of urine.
The UK has a concept of a BritRail pass for people from outside the UK. It's currently £568 for a month long pass.
That would be £6816 for a year, although (again) "You can use a BritRail Pass if you’re not a UK citizen and have not lived in the UK for the last six months or more.". I guess you'd have to go home before the end of the 6th consecutive month of using the passes otherwise you'd disqualify yourself.
IMHO, more young people should do this kind of thing (within reason of course). Now that I'm older I realize I didn't appreciate how opportunities to do stuff like this often diminish in later phases of life. Personally, I did have some adventures kind of like this, but in retrospect, I should have done a bit more as I look back very fondly on those times.
Would have done tons of things like this if I didn't have student loans hanging over my head.