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  1. rogers55

    Southwest Chief Route Missing in Reservations

    Making a reservation from Los Angeles to Chicago and it won't show Southwest Chief or Texas Eagle. Only offers routing via Emeryville using Coast Starlight or bus. Had this problem before going VNC to CHI. Solved it by doing 2 trips, one VNC - LAX and then LAX - CHI. That doesn't work...
  2. rogers55

    Route Selection Limited

    When making a reservation on-line the system will select a route based on my departure and destination and not display any other routes. For example LAX to NYC, it displays Texas Eagle but not Southwest Chief, even though the Chief is shorter route. Is this the way it works now or am I missing...
  3. rogers55

    Galesburg Shortcut

    We were on the SWC on Fri 10/23 eastbound. It was raining pretty much the whole trip and the signals were unreliable because of the water so the train was pretty slow. Leaving Ft. Madison it was obvious we wouldn't make our connection with the Hoosier State in Chicago. This has happened so...
  4. rogers55

    Change paid ticket to AGR points

    Is it possible to buy a full fare ticket for a future date to lock in the reservation and then switch to guest rewards points? I plan a trip in October but don't have enough points yet. If I wait the rooms will be sold out.
  5. rogers55

    Transport Workers Union Article

    I was browsing through a copy of the Transport Workers Union magazine and saw this article about the union supporting changes in rail transportation. November/December 2009, vol. 61/No. 6. Railroad Division Gears Up
  6. rogers55

    Searching for Pat

    My wife and I took a trip on the SurfLiner from Van Nuys to San Diego and back. Departed on Thu April 9. Trip down was delayed about an hour due to a derailment just west of Fullerton. A string of tank cars derailed on a siding adjacent to the main line and traffic was restricted to 10 mph in...
  7. rogers55

    Chase Amtrak Card Security

    Recently found an unauthorized charge on my Chase Mastercard. I called the vendor, Microsoft, and they confirmed that someone had charged my card. Microsoft advised me to call Chase and get new cards issued. They said they would also notify Chase. The next day I got a call from Chase...
  8. rogers55

    Chase tightening up credit

    I have noticed that Chase has been going strictly by the rules on the Amtrak credit card these days. In the past I could go $1,000 over the limit and they didn't care as long as it was paid down by the end of the month. This month I was $31 over and they cut me off. When I get a big dentist...
  9. rogers55

    Birds on the Train

    A friend of mine is a parrot breeder and wants to take the train from LA to San Diego to deliver a bird. The bird is valuable and he doesn't want to ship it by normal means. I know you can't carry dogs and cats on the train but how about birds. I suggested putting the bird in a box but there...
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    Article in L.A. Daily News

    Here is a link to an article on Amtrak travel in the Los Angeles Daily News Friday Jan 2: http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_11358634
  11. rogers55

    California Rail Proposition

    California's Proposition 1A, Safe, Reliable High-Speed Train Bond Act passed 4,806,338 52.3% 4,386,791 47.7% I voted against it and doubt that it will accomplish anything other than the various assessments and debt repayments on my tax bill will finally top $1,000 next year.
  12. rogers55

    Guest Rewards Ticket With Roomette

    Just picked up my tickets for a trip from VNC to SDY, 3 zones, 35000 points, roomettes from LAX to SDY. The agent at the Van Nuys station issued the tickets but she said that I would have to call reservations and have my wifes guest rewards number put on her ticket because she would have to...
  13. rogers55

    AGR Account for Spouse

    My wife and I both have a guest rewards account. The agent I talked to at the intial registration insisted on it. Is there any advantage to both of us having an account? It would seem to me that if we accrue points in seperate accounts it would be more difficult to redeem them. Currently I...
  14. rogers55

    Online vs Agent Fare Differences

    Just bought tickets for a September trip SDY to VNC via CHI and PDX. I checked on line first and then called Amtrak reservations, mainly because I am new at this and wanted a second opinion on my planning. After a little misunderstanding about what month we were talking about she made my...
  15. rogers55

    Northeast Zone

    We are planning a trip from LAX to Schenectady, NY using our Amtrak points. The question is, do we count the Northeast Zone since Schenectady is located in it, or just the Eastern zone when calculating the points needed? We made the trip last year and got hooked on train travel. tia, Roger
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