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Sleeper cabin for two - $3,450
Prestige cabin for two - $11,670
Toronto - Vancouver flight. $650 - Business class ticket.
You ride the Canadian sleeper from Toronto to Vancouver to ride the Canadian sleeper.
Not super comparable, imho.
You can get an "upper berth" sleeping ticket with meals for $968.50. Considering that's a 4-day sightseeing trip compared to a 4-5hr flight I don't think a $300 premium is outrageous, do you?
In fact, the cheapest business class ticket one-way I can find is $871. That makes the difference less than $100!
(In fact I am amazed that the prices are in fact comparable between a 4-day train trip and a 5-hr flight. Definitely something I didn't expect.)
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So to actually use both berths in your sleeper cabin for 2 is $3,522.22 including tax, etc.
If you only book as one passenger the rate goes down but not by half. It's still $2,641.94. Rates are based on full occupancy.
The trip was for my dads 70th birthday, and a long promised gift (He took me to Italy, Croatia and Bosnia where we almost got killed and the deal was I’d take him on a trip) so it was worth spending a little extra for the comfort.