Thank you! Very helpful to know. I’ve been watching availability for months waiting to get enough AGR points from credit card to book. Today it happened. I did notice that room prices came way down maybe 6 weeks ago (suggesting rooms available) and have stayed below high bucket since then. It...
I just booked for 1/14 Roomette 13 from CHI-EMY in 532. Called and was told there was nothing available in the 531. This is a bucket list trip that fits well into the MLK weekend; could be months before I could reschedule. How has the CZ been running of late? Are we several months past them...
So here is a question to which I just do not know the answer and the ramifications if I make the wrong choice. Back in September, I had some expiring Amtrak points and redeemed them for a random ticket on the Hiawatha, which is good for a year. The train is unreserved, but subject to peak...
I am sitting on 91 just south of Petersburg. We got some unintelligible announcement that involved "manually throwing switches" and "a lot of backed up freight traffic" and then saw the conductors grab their jackets, gloves, and lanterns. We haven't moved for at least 20 minutes.
Making...
Hi there. My buddy and I are heading to Raleigh on the Silver Star in January. He will board at NYP and I will board at WAS. What's the best way to ensure that we are able to sit together? Whom should he advise that he has a traveling companion boarding down the line? Also, he would like to...