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  1. M

    Help needed with long distance Amtrak trip planning

    When you go to the "roomette" to secure it at the bottom of the box is the number of roomettes you want which defaults to "1". You can click on it and add a second - but not always!
  2. M

    Help needed with long distance Amtrak trip planning

    Re: fares. We have found that booking two roomettes is almost always cheaper than booking a full bedroom and sometimes cheaper than the family bedroom because our second roomette is about 2/3 the price of the first one. Is that because we are seniors or is that true for everyone? Re...
  3. M

    Help needed with long distance Amtrak trip planning

    Random thoughts: If you choose the Southwest Chief you get to ABQ mid afternoon. As mentioned above, the commuter train from ABQ to Santa Fe is an easy option. NM can be cold and snowy in the winter; especially in Santa Fe which is at about 7000 ft. altitude. If you snow ski, this is the way...
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    Texas Eagle discussion

    What Steve and Widfara wrote. There is no point in taking a flex dinner when anything you have at home or eat near the AMTRAK station in Austin is far superior. Anything. Complementary bad food is still bad food. Repeating: good food starts after San Antonio. You could take your...
  5. M

    Ownership of Amtrak stations?

    Worthy effort, to which I have nothing to add, but I look forward to the development of this information resource. Thanks.
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    Riding Amtrak for fun?

    Living on the TE, I think the western trip is great fun whether to EP, or Tucson, or LA, but the FtW - Dallas - Little Rock - St. Louis - Chicago trip is just - well, more comfortable than a plane or car if you have the time. The short trip from Austin to FtW is good when its good.
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    An Eaglete day trip gone wrong

    Good grief, Bob, keep us posted. I rely on that station as do you. We were going to take a short trip to Ft Worth to visit the museums, etc., stay one night, but stuff intervened. Reading your Temple trip I am sort of glad we didn't.
  8. M

    Sleeper accommodation discussion

    From experience, 2 persons of average girth who like each other can sleep together in the lower berth of a full bedroom or family bedroom. If you have ever shared a twin bed as an adult these lowers are an inch wider. The roomette is impossible for 2 in one berth. My wife and I have mastered...
  9. M

    Amtrak report on fiscal 2023

    How do they account for the Eagle and the Sunset? I assume it is first based on which train was called for on the reservation, of course, but eastbound from LA terminating at or before San Antonio would have to be allocated somehow as would west bound beginning from or after San Antonio, correct?
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    Comparison of Amtrak vs. other transport mode

    My wife and I just completed a 4000+ mile road trip. We like driving together. We get along famously. However, if we could have made the intinerary work on Amtrak we would have done so. When not in a hurry, and when the destinations are Amtrak locations, there is no comparable way to get to...
  11. M

    Canceling vs modifying a ticket bought with points

    The new post 10/25/23 rules are supposed to be simpler, but I think they are not simple.
  12. M

    Amtrak Metropolitan Lounges

    Metro Lounge in DC has "modern" seats that are not so comfortable. There were very good attendants on my most recent journey. Last time I was in LA Metro Lounge the TV was set to something unwatchable. I asked the attendant if I could change the channel and she said she would change it. I...
  13. M

    Amtrak Dining and Cafe service 2023 H2

    I stipulated "best" prepackaged because [I agree that] Flex is better than much that is offered on the freezer aisle. I think the best prepackaged meals I have been served by my daughter who doesn't cook are much better than the average frozen dinners, but I do not know which brands she favors...
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    Family Bedroom discussion

    The lower bunk in the family bedroom can be extended to well over 8' in length by setting down the lower "L" bunk as well. Stuff a pillow or a blanket in the crevice at the juncture of the "L" so that it feels like a continuous mattress and two adults can sleep feet to feet without ever bumping...
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    Amtrak Dining and Cafe service 2023 H2

    I understand that full dining is more labor intensive. Therefore I assume full dining on eastern LD trains will be indefinitely postponed. Meanwhile it seems that there should be no impediment to upgrading the Flex food to the level of the best prepackaged frozen meals found in every super...
  16. M

    Capitol Limited discussion 2023 Q4 - 2024

    Capitol Limited, DC to Chicago, overnight 9/27 to 9/28, sleeping car 2900 lost all toilets overnight because some idiot stuffed a washcloth down a toilet [according to my attendant]. I would not be surprised if customer relations are overwhelmed with voucher requests. The word got around...
  17. M

    Long distance overnight travel in Amtrak sleeper?

    Exactly. I am flying from Austin to NYC for my brother-in-law's funeral, next Monday - flying in Sunday. Staying at my other brother-in-law's home in Montgomery County PA overnight Tuesday after driving back with him from the funeral. On Wednesday, rather than flying back, I am taking the...
  18. M

    Family Bedroom discussion

    We found the family bedroom cheaper than the bedroom and two can sleep on a lower bed in the family bedroom very neatly. With the "L" kid bed set up you have almost a 9 foot long section and can sleep feet to feet with plenty of space. Just remember to stuff one of the extra pillows from the...
  19. M

    Amtrak Dining and Cafe service 2023 H2

    Bob, I guess you used to eat in the long gone San Jacinto Cafe for lunch, too! But that was as cheap as a Blue Plate got at a time when Austin was inexpensive. The Santa Fe was competitive with big city lunch prices as late as 1960. Or are we going back to the 40s here? Most recently, on...
  20. M

    Booking online on Amtrak website

    This is a good thread and affirms that mix and match reservations on the website are not worth even trying - which has been our experience, as well. but the phone is your friend, the agents are useful, and the wait times [for reservations, not complaints] in our experience have been short...
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