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<p>Thanks, Rashad. Also thanks to Mika for the offer to help with
this. A friend we hoped to see in Washington helped us buy Amtrak
tickets to go there on Saturday, and we'll spend that night at her
place. The fare was very much more like we'd expected after our
first check on it in December.</p>
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<p>Best!</p>
<p>Al</p>
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<div>I purchased round-trip flight last Saturday and the web $188.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Masha and I intended to use
Amtrak to and from D.C. for our Wahington
Seminar. Some of the rates seem exorbitant,
particularly on Sunday, when we hoped to arrive.
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<p class="MsoNormal">No, this is not because we just
love to ride the train. Flying hurts my ears a
good deal, almost without exception, so I’ve
avoided the hostile skies since 2005.
Nonetheless, can people tell us approximately what
flights costs between Boston and D.C.? I
definitely need a nonstop, but I won’t speak for
Masha on that.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, I guess we’d appreciate
any well-grounded advice (pun originally
unintended) on getting a decent fare and travel
conditions that at least one of us can make the
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for any help.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Al Sten-Clanton<o:p></o:p></p>
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