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    Pacific Surfliner recommendations

    Those ocean side seats on business fill up quickly. I boarded at the origin point San Luis Obispo heading to LA today and I got the last of the ocean side seats. BC is worth it. Coffee,orange juice pastries a USA today and more leg room and as mentioned access to the Metropolitan lounge
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    Reaching status using long distance only

    AGR 1 with the 100 point minimum enabled me to rack up a lot of points. During Double Days I would spend $11.04 rt from Harrisburg to Elizabethtown Pa and receive 450 points with my Select bonus. With AGR 2 if I did the same trip during Double Days I would receive 87 points. As another poster...
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    Empire Builder February 2019 delays

    Ill be on 27 to Portland on Sunday. Im connecting with the Starlight. With the abysmal timekeeping I hope I make the connection
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    NJT + SEPTA vs Amtrak To Philly

    Sounds like Richard Anderson
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    NJT + SEPTA vs Amtrak To Philly

    Taking SEPTA and NJ transit is a lot cheaper than Amtrak. As daid about an hour more,the comfort level is not as nice as Amtrak and you change to SEPTA in Trenton
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    CHI Legacy Club Closed, Metropolitan Lounge now $25

    I agree. When I arrive in the morning the only food available is fruit. I would prefer a packaged pastry or some kind of bread to go along with coffee. I preferred the snacks in the old Metropolitan lounge.
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    CHI Legacy Club Closed, Metropolitan Lounge now $25

    The Legacy Club had a decent happy hour. Three full sized drinks plus better snacks like pastries in the morning and bags of chips or pretzels in the afternoon. The old Met lounge had better snacks than the current one.
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    Cafe on the Star gets 5 stars

    Im on the Star tomorrow leaving Fort Lauderdale up to DC. The difference in price was $30 more for the Meteor. Only reason Im on the Star is because the Meteor leaves too early. Has the lounge car food improved in the last few months?
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    3 Points/Dollar: AGR Mastercard Purchases (ended 12/31/18)

    I received my last statement yesterday and I did not receive the bonus 3X the points. I received 4000 points. I used the card extensively in December. Booking eight hotel nights and $600 on a cruise gave me 4000 points alone. I called BOA and they directed me to AGR and nobody helped me. I...
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    Possible improvements to LSL/CL Dining

    How about just restoring full diner service on both trains?
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    Dinner on the Capitol Limited?

    That free alcholic beverage includes a $16 carafe of wine. Thats the positive. Negative is the elimination of the sit down hot meal diner. No matter how Amtrak spins it it is an obvious downgrade
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    Reaching status using long distance only

    Under the old AGR I would make two round trips from Harrisburg to Elizabethtown in one day during Double Days. $11 r/t 400 points and my select bonus. I amassed quite a few points back then.
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    Chicago Legacy Club Possible Closure - June 2019 or sooner

    I like the Legacy lounge over the Metropolitan. Better food selection and you could have up to three or four full size drinks during their happy hour instead of the wine tasting at the Metropolitan. Ive used it while riding Coach. I ve wanted to use it with a sleeper but I couldnt justify...
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    92(12/5/2018) 10 Hours Late

    Wow! I just got off todays 92 in Philly about an hour late. I made a connection on a Keystone to Harrisburg within the hour. Yesterdays train got into Philly at 3:30AM. If I was on that train I would have made the first connection of the day at 5AM.
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    3 Points/Dollar: AGR Mastercard Purchases (ended 12/31/18)

    I really wish the terms were better understood. I recall reading you didnt have to sign up and I even called BOA and they said it was automatic. My points post in a few days. Since I found out about the promotion I ve been using the card extensively. Those points better show up!
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