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Hi all, Have a nice loop trip coming up - SAS to LAX to SEA to CHI and back home. Wife wants an Alaska cruise out of SEA, so I get to burn a few of those AGR points. Hey she gets her cruise and I get my "cruise"! The west coast portion will be new to me, so had a couple of questions...

Advance warning - "slightly" long! Well Ms Jay (MJ) had been bugging me to take her to New York City for quite a while, and being the true Texan that I am, I steadfastly refused, until I was promised a train ride if I would go. Well, it didn't go exactly like, that - but I did get my train...

Well Ms. Jay finally got her way and we are headed to the Big City in early Nov. But I got my way too - we are going by train (I knew those AGR points would come in handy one day!) The Amtrak part is easy, SAS-NOL-NYP going up and NYP-CHI-SAS on the way home. However I would like some...

OK, I know it's not much, but the Magnolia Room first class lounge is now open at NOUPT after being closed since Katrina. New furniture and a new TV (with a satellite receiver no less)! Yes, it's still pretty sparse compared to other lounges, but I take it as a positive sign. The NO crew base...

Just returned from a R/T on the Sunset, SAS-NOL, NOL-SAS. Had my first experience with Simplified Dining and have to say it was not all gloom and doom, although there were some low points. As is well known, cooked to order eggs and steaks are gone from the menu, as are grits and bacon. The...

Don't know if this is something new or not - I received a customer satisfaction survey form and postage paid reply envelope in the mail today from Amtrak. About 22 questions, to be rated on a 0-100 scale (only ten steps in that range though) regarding a recent trip I had taken on #1 last month...

Very, very long - OK, you have been warned! My plans for this trip started when my company was sending me to Atlanta for a one-day meeting. As I live in San Antonio, the normal mode of getting to Atlanta is by air. But of course a railfan never goes by the normal mode, so I began to put...

While browsing the internet auction site eBay today I was surprised to see that Amtrak is now officially auctioning tickets! Maybe this is old news to most, but I was wondering if this is another of David Gunn's ideas similar to the increased advertising we are seeing. As popular as eBay is...

Just got in from a quick up-and-back weekend on the Eagle from San Antonio to Dallas. A good trip overall, but was surprised to see that there was no Sightseer Lounge car on the northbound #22 as we boarded Saturday morning. In its place was a Coach / Cafe car. Our attendant said he was told...