amtraknovi
Train Attendant
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2011
- Messages
- 61
Started a thread last week about our first LD trip (KCY to LAX on the SWC, pick up CS in LAX to SEA-booked on AGP points) and got a ton of great information that made the planning and booking go really well. Thanks!
Now I have started to really worry (based on some other trip reports) that the allotted time for the connection from the SWC to CS in LAX is too tight (less than 2 hours). My fear of course is the SWC is late, the CS leaves, they rebook us to the CS the next day but they are sold out of sleepers, making the trip in coach would be the only option. I think in that case we would not take the trip and would probably fly home :angry:
I got to thinking that one possible solution would be to book the next day's CS now, using points (20K) and if the original train is on time we would just be able to cancel the reservation and have the points returned, if it were not on time and we missed the connection to the CS then we would (a) be given a room on the next day's train at no cost if it were available or (b) if rooms were sold out we would be able to continue on in a sleeper with our confirmed reservation, albeit at a cost of 20K additional points. Anyone see any problems (other than the gratuitous use of points) with this approach?
Now I have started to really worry (based on some other trip reports) that the allotted time for the connection from the SWC to CS in LAX is too tight (less than 2 hours). My fear of course is the SWC is late, the CS leaves, they rebook us to the CS the next day but they are sold out of sleepers, making the trip in coach would be the only option. I think in that case we would not take the trip and would probably fly home :angry:
I got to thinking that one possible solution would be to book the next day's CS now, using points (20K) and if the original train is on time we would just be able to cancel the reservation and have the points returned, if it were not on time and we missed the connection to the CS then we would (a) be given a room on the next day's train at no cost if it were available or (b) if rooms were sold out we would be able to continue on in a sleeper with our confirmed reservation, albeit at a cost of 20K additional points. Anyone see any problems (other than the gratuitous use of points) with this approach?