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  1. MiRider

    Chicago Metropolitan Lounge

    I've been in the ML dozens of times and I've never experienced any 'nasty women' working there. Everyone that I've the pleasure of interacting with has been professional and helpful. They're not there to be 'nice women', they're there to do a job.
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    Please help me with my booking - new AGR

    AB, I saw those buttons too, made no sense especially since BC is on the upper level and the reduced price was for the upper level. Had the buttons been labeled properly, it would have been very easy but they weren't and they aren't. There was only 1 roomette left at the lower price on one leg...
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    Please help me with my booking - new AGR

    I'll be taking the Pere Marquette to CHI and then heading to DAL in a roomette. If I book both legs with points, the PM coach points fare are the same as biz class. Do I automatically get booked in biz class if I'm booking a roomette? Should I just book the legs separately? Do I lose my...
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    Real time Railroad Alaska Marathon

    I don't like the 'regular' Railroad Alaska show but this is great - it's just a ride - no narration, just the sound of the train and the landscape.
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    Real time Railroad Alaska Marathon

    Time sensitive post..... I looked and have no idea where to put this but it is FUN! Cable channel Destination America is doing a marathon of a 5 hour real time ride on Railroad Alaska - from the cab no less! It's awesome!
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    Do you get off at longer stops (a poll)?

    Hardly ever, mostly never. I've gotten off at a long stop maybe, just maybe, twice in all of my trips - once for sure on the EB, that's the only one I remember. Just never occurs to me to jump off the train unless I'm done with my trip. <shrug>
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    Amtrak Guest Rewards 2.0 Coming January 2016

    Here's my take on any kind of *reward* anything. If a company wants to give me a perk for doing/buying something that I planned on anyway, I will gladly take it and say thank you. Their perk, their rules - I can work with it. Luckily, I learned about AGR here, on AU, before my first trip. I...
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    Amtrak Guest Rewards 2.0 Coming January 2016

    I'm sure it is. I certainly wouldn't expect to receive points for using points, for cash I would. From the AGR email I received on 8/27: Q: How do I purchase a ticket with both points and money? A: Coming in 2016, you‘ll be offered a combination of points and cash during the booking process...
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    Amtrak Guest Rewards 2.0 Coming January 2016

    I wrote something almost just like this earlier today and didn't post it. I am going to do exactly the same thing. I agree that Chicago does give us an edge but, c'est la vie. I'm really interested in seeing how points/cash redemptions are going to play out - paying cash for the rail fare and...
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    Amtrak Guest Rewards 2.0 Coming January 2016

    No complaints from me so far. Looking at just a few of the trips I want to take this year and next makes me wish the program was in effect right now so I could book them. I was thinking of going to NOLA in Nov. A roomette CHI-NOL on select days in Nov. would be less than 8,000 points with the...
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    Amtrak Derailment Philadelphia (5/12/2015)

    I see distinct points of impact from projectiles/bullets on the engine windshield in the link above. If you look at this picture of the passenger window that was hit at about the same time, you'll see 3 distinct points of impact. The window has circular damage patterns as seen when a bullet...
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    What do you do when traveling alone LD over 30 hours

    NO pajamas for me. Lightweight long cotton pants, t-shirt, and socks with a sweater at hand and shoes ready to slip on - something fairly protective that I wouldn't mind being seen in public in (even though it's nothing I'd purposely wear) I'm always ready for an emergency which means I'm...
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    So, the wife liked CONO!

    George, the link you posted is for 'The Luxury Train Club'. Sign up for emails with Pullman Rail Journeys on their own site here: https://www.travelpullman.com/ Glad you guys enjoyed NOLA, I love it that city.
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    Where to sit on the Pere Marquette

    I take the PM a lot from Holland but I've never taken the PM from GR, I'll try to help anyway. From Grand Rapids, if you're on the train facing forward, the right/west side is the Lake Michigan side, it looks like that's the side you'll board the train on. Looking at Google Maps, 131 will be...
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    SWC!! What's going on?

    I ride Amtrak a lot. If you *can't* be 8 hours - more or less - late anywhere, Amtrak is not the way to travel. Realistically, for peace of mind, your choices are: Take the train but leave a day early and stay in a hotel Take the train as planned - you may or may not be late Fly - you still...
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