Rail/International Air on One Ticket!

["David Bennetts" <davibenn@ozemail.com.au>]

Lifted from rec.travel.air
"Amtrak and Icelandair to Offer First Joint Rail and Air Travel to Europe

Unique Partnership Begins Ticket Sales May 31 and Service June 20

COLUMBIA, Md., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Amtrak and Icelandair announced that
they have teamed up to provide a unique travel experience to Europe with the
introduction of the first U.S. train and plane codeshare.

Beginning May 31, travelers - domestic and international - may purchase
tickets for travel between Washington, D.C. or Philadelphia and Scandinavia,
the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. Passengers will travel via Amtrak
from Washington or Philadelphia, connecting to Icelandair's daily flights
from
Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI).

Under this codeshare agreement, a first for travel in the U.S., travelers
simply make one reservation for both rail and air travel. The train portion
of
the ticket will show a designated Icelandair flight number."

How about it Countrylink and CityRail?  Dapto to Denpasar on a codeshare
with Garuda.
Boggabri to Bogota with Lan Chile?  Bungendore to Beijing with CAAC?
Marrickville to Moscow with Aeroflot?
Wonder how long you'd have to wait at the booking office window, or maybe
they'll put these destinations on the ticket machines.  Sorry machine is
only accepting coins today, the note reader's busted.

The mind boggles

Regards

David Bennetts