I used to have the paid card. I reapplied two weeks ago and got approval in seconds. Even adding the 40,000 in a few months to my existing points doesn't get me too far.
My last two summers I had bedroom B in Cardinal (1st week of September) Chicago to Charlottesville 2022 and Chicago to Alexandria 2023. Bedroom A was not taken but was used by my SCA to spend a lot of time on her cell phone.
That's so cool! I miss my O gauge model train room I had in my last house. I recently set up a nice size layout in my townhouse living room and my 5 year granddaughter was so excited. She was working the Z4000 transformer in no time!
On my September trip on the Star from Was to Wpb I was told to expect to sit with others. Seated alone is nice but most of my LD trips have been seated with others. When I arrived at 6pm I was the only one in the dining car the whole time. LSA and I chatted a bunch. She was nice. At breakfast...
I took the Cardinal last summer from Chicago to Charlottesville. Stayed at the Omni and enjoyed downtown that evening. Next day I spent the day at Monticello. Took an Uber. Yes this town should provide transportation service to Monticello. Great place immerse yourself in early American history...
Thats a bit of a broad stroke. Ive ridden WPB-MIA and WPB-FTL several times in last 36 months and all on time or close enough it didnt matter. Dont know if you have taken a ride but its a good experience imo. Then again there have been lots of incidents which skews performance.
I made a roomette reservation in April for this September 8 and selected 9110 DC to WPB as I wanted a Viewliner I. All posts here since then seem to confirm that so far 9110 is a Viewliner I. I called Guest Rewards yesterday and asked how many roomettes 9110 has total. I was then going to ask...
Very cool. I had an O gauge setup at my former house before down sizing. My builder handled all the bench work. My bonus room was 300 sq feet and most of it was the layout. 2 tracks. One was Amtrak and the other freight. Took a year to get it all done making the buildings, trees, landscape etc...
One summer several years ago I flew to Reno from SLC to ride CZ to Chicago. I spent the night in Reno and was leaving the next day. After boarding I had a knock on my door and a detective identified himself. I was a single guy, backpack and small suitcase and one way ticket in a bedroom. He...