Woman Discovers Amtrak’s Business Class Means Not Sitting Backwards or Near Backpack Jails

KEY POINTS

•In January 2024, Lakritz bought a $30 coach ticket on a Northeast Regional train from NYC to Providence.
•She experienced discomfort sitting backward and outlet scarcity in coach, which made business class’s $150 return seem worthwhile.
•Moynihan Train Hall’s $1.6 billion renovation hosts the Amtrak Metropolitan Lounge, off-limits to coach passengers without a $50 pass.

Talia Lakritz’s epic $180 train saga in January 2024 began at the $1.6 billion pib-nosebleed of luxury, NYC’s Moynihan Train Hall. Her $30 Northeast Regional coach ticket quickly spiraled into fight club-style seat battles as passengers hoarded entire rows for protection. Half the seats faced the wrong direction, turning Lakritz into a nausea-prone scare victim. The best part? Outlets only next to window seats, forcing acrobatics over a poor stranger's legs simply to charge her devices. Meanwhile, the $150 Acela business class ticket promised forward-facing seats, bigger bathrooms, and no gymnastics. Who knew $120 could buy dignity and less motion sickness on American rails?

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Turns out the true cost of business class on Amtrak isn’t just $150 — it’s avoiding the trauma of sitting backwards, contorting over strangers just to plug in, and staring at someone’s backpack collection.

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