@Cat poni, Whorseman of Apocalypse @214fcd33 Proposal: abolish first class, make second class better. In exchange for FDP's support for this plan, pass a YIMBY law, reduce every C2 language requirement to C1, require government offices to speak English, and, I don't know, announce a new nuclear plant somewhere (it doesn't need to actually go through with how high the construction costs are, but eh, it's FDP).
@673e48e3 @214fcd33 i take the first class mostly because the student discount doesn't apply to the first class tickets
@673e48e3 @214fcd33 either way the pricing is usually such that a fully occupied first class carriage makes more money than second, it's like the "penalty" is losing maybe a quarter of seats while the price is easily double
@673e48e3 @214fcd33 I'd have actually taken the first on this train too, but decided against it because it's the stupid ČD half diner/half first and the first is always placed between the food and the rest of the train, so you are paying extra for sitting in a busy corridor, thank you very much
@Cat poni, Whorseman of Apocalypse @214fcd33 >the first is always placed between the food and the rest of the train
WTF? The TGV always makes sure to put the cafe between first and second, to prevent that from happening. The ICE... I think sticks first at one end of the train, so it goes first-second-cafe-second, same as Amtrak.
Meanwhile in Ireland there are no classes and there's a good chance your train will be cancelled and you'll end up on a coach instead.
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