Thursday, August 02, 2007

MYOB

There is a private group out of Colorado that is working with Amtrak to revive luxury rail service. Travel now and get a bonus.
Amtrak is trying to gin up new business by offering $100 in free alcohol to customers on some overnight trains.

The national passenger rail company is making the unusual offer to promote a new high-end service being offered on a trial basis for certain sleeper car trips.

Members of Amtrak's guest rewards program—the railroad equivalent of frequent fliers—can get a $100 per person credit for alcohol between November and January.
But someone has to be a spoilsport.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving questioned whether $100 in free alcohol was too much.

"This sounds like a lot of credit toward possible overindulging," said MADD spokeswoman Misty Moyse.

Uh, I thought the point was, they aren't driving. In fact some of these trips take three days. That's still several drinks per day though. The only response I can think to make to that is - mind your own business B-.

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