Re: $99 one-way airfares : Who needs the XPT

[Dion Williams <onamission@today.com.au>]

Dave Proctor wrote:
 
> "James C" <noemail@emailsux.com> wrote in message
> news:396b16d9$0$11167$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au...
> > I just check Virgin Blue's homepage and tried out their booking system,
> > Sydney-Brisbane return cost 201.74$ included tax.
> 
> For a 1.5 hour flight.
> 
> > Countrylink XPT? 110$ one way 220$ return........
> 
> For 14 hours one way, 16 hours the other way.
> 
> Not much to compare really, is there?

And that $110 is for rock-bottom basic service. For a sleeper, which is
the only thing interstate rail is really good for, it's over $500
return, and rather than get your money's worth enjoying a good sleep-in
like you could do on the old Brisbane Limited, you get turfed out at 6
in the morning. The old dinosaur may not have been the quickest way but
neither did it leave you at your destination as tired as when you got
on.

Dion