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  1. Tennessee Traveler

    AGR Credit Card change (October 2022)

    Received both of my new cards this week and they included information page says the BOA cards will be DEACTIVATED 10/23 so you cannot continue to use the BOA cards.
  2. Tennessee Traveler

    AGR Credit Card change (October 2022)

    The new preferred card is still a WORLD MasterCard. I just received my new card and the word "world" is printed on the back of the card. As stated with the new card I got today, the BOA cards will be DEACTIVATED so BOA will not be replacing the Amtrak cards with another BOA card.
  3. Tennessee Traveler

    AGR Credit Card change (October 2022)

    I have another credit card at FNBO and the website works just like all other credit card on line accounts. Yes, you can set up your financial institution and pay your balances on FNBO's website.
  4. Tennessee Traveler

    AGR Credit Card change (October 2022)

    The BOA confirmation is on the BOA account online. When you sign on to your BOA Amtrak cards, the first thing that appears is a message that BOA Amtrak card account will close 10/21/2022 and the cards are transferring to FNBO. They caution not to pay on the account after 10/21 as EVERYTHING...
  5. Tennessee Traveler

    A Winter Ride On VIAs Canadian (with photos)

    I did the Canadian Vancouver to Toronto in February 2018 and while the on board crew and dining was as good as you reported, the added Prestige Class has even in Winter sorta downgraded the Cabin for 2 and Roomettes and my train lost time all the way arriving Toronto 12 hours late. In 2018 the...
  6. Tennessee Traveler

    First-time long-distance trip!

    First, dining car will not be opened to coach passengers until after COVID mask requirements, etc exist and they have just been extended to January 18. Instead of purchasing a day pass to the Metropolitan lounge, buy a business class seat on the 448 car on your train since it includes waiting...
  7. Tennessee Traveler

    First-time long-distance trip!

    With the mask requirement now extended until January 18, 2022, do not expect the dining car be opened for coach passengers as long as masking and social distancing is required for ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION including trains.
  8. Tennessee Traveler

    Can Amtrak do this?

    Maybe --BUT the sleepers have not run at the back for several YEARS and there has not been a Chicago-Denver sleeper for several years even in the Summer. I acknowledge that the sleepers have been at the end and possibly a Chicago-Denver sleeper but that apparently ended about 4-5 years ago.
  9. Tennessee Traveler

    Can Amtrak do this?

    I sincerely must disagree. I have ridden the Zephyr regularly over the years and my last trip was February 2020 right before we shut down for COVID. x31 has always been the lowest number sleeping car on the Zephyr with NO X30 car. The only time the Zephyr has ever had the x30 was for a few...
  10. Tennessee Traveler

    Can Amtrak do this?

    Amtrak did not remove a sleeping car. They simply removed the car number x30 and the two sleepers are cars X31 and X32 which are the same two numbers they have had for years. They never had a car X30 until during the COVID era when the computer set up car number x30 and they booked and used...
  11. Tennessee Traveler

    Amtrak long distance fares 2021-2023

    I consider myself LUCKY. I booked my Empire Builder roomettes from Chicago to Seattle and return from Seattle to Chicago just as Biden's COVID support bill was passed and the long distance trains were scheduled to return to daily trips late May 2021 instead of three times a week and before the...
  12. Tennessee Traveler

    Roomette location?

    The transition crew car does not have a coffee station that I am aware of but the adjacent sleeper car will have the coffee station and you are welcomed to use that coffee station.
  13. Tennessee Traveler

    Amtrak long distance fares 2021-2023

    When I did my comparison on our first class air fare to Arizona (United) $1600 was the full cost of the R/T for my wife and myself. The Amtrak bedroom fare for two was over $5,000. That's just too high a price to pay for second class accommodations. First Class rail to me would be equivalent to...
  14. Tennessee Traveler

    Boy Scout Trip to Philmont on SWC

    The only WiFi on Superliners are provided by hot spots from cellular signals from phones and only in a couple sleeping cars but not all. So the answer is no since those cell phone signals are no better nor reliable than the Iphone or Android phone service you get especially if more than one or...
  15. Tennessee Traveler

    Amtrak long distance fares 2021-2023

    coventry801 stated: "Total of 2 people in a roomettes is usually 1/3 higher than traveling solo." I understand why the cost of 2 people in roomettes is "usually 1/3 higher than traveling solo". That increase is the standard coach fare for the second person which I noted with this statement...
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