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Why are there no outlets in the Empire Builder? There were only 3 outlets in the whole durn train, and those were in the lounge car, and were subject to blood feuds for possession by angry mobs of people with blackberries. None of the bathroom outlets worked, and there was only one outlet in...

I've been having this nagging question for a while, but what pray tell, is Lower Level Coach? On some trains it actually costs more than a roomette upgrade, or in all other cases, a considerable portion of the roomette upgrade. Is this the equivalent of business class? Also, Amtrak's general...

I have my massive amtrak trip coming up, and I want to make sure that I don't miss anything in the cities where I'll be stopping. I thought I had this trip planned, but I just recently learned that when I went to Toronto I completely missed the PATH system. I didn't even know about it until...

I just got 250 bonus points appended to my account, for the "november 08 email statement". Considering that the only Email I received was the NE Regional 15% discount, I don't know what this email statement is, but I will still retain my 250 points. Is this a monthly thing, or is this just a...

Last night I tried to book a ride on the Maple Leaf to Toronto. The Student Advantage card didn't want to play, despite the fact that it discounted me on the ride from Vancouver to Seattle. So, reading that the SA card doesn't work on shared railways with VIA (Via doesn't like to play), I...

Almost all of the Amtrak point earning opportunities are online only, and require you to go through a special amtrak link from their online mall. The student advantage card provides many discounts in the same manner. Some places, like Office Depot, offer both AGR points and a SA discount...

On the back of my ticket, it says I can go to www.amtraksurvey.com to enter into a contest for 500 bucks in free travel, at the small price of filling out a survey. The web site says that I'll have to complete a survey consisting of several questions. Sounds easy. :) Question one asks me...

Looking at the spiffy CAA Toronto map, I've located the Toronto Subway, which seems to go a fair distance, though not be that expansive as it is just an inverted "T". After a while, I found the Toronto Light Rail, which was a feat as it is marked in green, which doesn't stand out too well on...

I did not register for the Double Points reward offer until today, however, I took a trip on Friday the 28th (my first). Can still get the 2x point offer.

I have a slight snafu with my plans here. I remembered that a while back there was a post here saying that trains to DC Land were booked solid for everyone to see the [inauguration of our 44th president], but the crisis did not affect me. (A thought that many non-voters also had...) Now I find...

Can more than one person contribute points to the same AGR account? Our trip on amtrak will probably be our only one for a while, and we could actually stand to get points redeemable for something if we combined into one account, rather than have 2 half-full accounts waiting around until next time.

Amtrak will be taking me past Crater Lake National Park twice, and I want to know how possible it is to go to Crater Lake from there. Klamath Falls, Oregon is the amtrak stop marked as "Crater Lake National Park". However it looks as if Crater Lake is a fair distance from the Falls. Has...

When I reserved my seat on the Empire Builder on the 21st of December using my rail pass, I was forced to pay 77 bucks to "upgrade". They told me that there were no pass seats available, but does this mean that I get something better than standard coach, or I just get a standard coach chair...

Today I went to BWI's amtrakland, my first time in the little station. The amtrak attendant had a fun time plowing through reservations on her first ever USA rail pass job, but despite upgrade charges and full trains, we managed to get through it. I managed to find an affordable roomette on...

Looking at the new Winter 09 time table, I realized that the map of the US on the inside front cover fold out was far bigger than it was in the Winter 08. So much larger that it wasn't an eyestrain to read. I was surprised--until I realized that the reason for the size increase is because...

All the roomettes seem to be financially excluding themselves from my first amtrak trip, so I looked ahead as far as possible into the future (October 9th, 2009) and Roomettes from WAS to LAF were still $308! 308 dollars isn't going to break my bank (I'm a step above destitution lol), but for a...

I just bought my USA Rail Pass, after a bit of difficulty with formalities in Union Station (WAS), and I got myself my first amtrak reservation/ticket slip. Sadly, they both look the same. I expected the USA rail pass to be an actual card :( , but function over form always wins in my book...

I have purchased my rail pass, but I am not seeing any pointage being appended to my AGR account. As a first party purchase, I hope that this won't take 2 months to post like some of the 3rd party/bus trips that I've read about here. My main concern is that I entered the Student Advantage 2008...

Not being a fan of checked baggage in the least, and not being able to use it on the Cardinal + Hoosier state, I plan to lug my battle tested duffel bag on my journey, but now I find that my trusty bag is a bit over the limit. Amtrak says that their policy is 28"x22"x14", and "strictly...

For some added perspective in my coming trip, what do you experienced rail-ers recommend seeing in Vancouver and El Paso/Ciudad Juárez? Now that it is definitive that my friends and I are going, I want to make sure that we don't miss anything at our destination. (I know it's all about the...