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I haven't seen one lately, but they were running Amtrak California ads on our local tv stations for awhile. Each ad had one destination city and listed the fare, so they at least made people aware of how cheap it is to ride the train to San Francisco or Yosemite or wherever.

Woot! For once Fresno is going to be the first to get something cool. Like George said, it makes sense to do the first test runs here because it's such a straight, flat route. The thing is, this is probably the area of the country that needs HSR the least because the San Joaquin is already so...

Ugh...AGR did a good job of putting this promotion right on the edge of being worth it or not. On paper, 3.33 cents/point doesn't sound that great, but I'd probably be thrilled to have a chance at buying another 10,000 points for only $58 more at the end of the year when I've already used my...

I got the 1500 bonus points for Select, but no double points or 25% bonus. Dangit, going to Hanford was a lot more fun when it was worth 450 or 650 points during the spring promo. This 250 per round trip is getting kinda dull.

It wasn't the pampering comment that really bothered me, it was the comment about not having to go to the lounge and deal with the coach passengers that you had paid good money to avoid. You do realize some of those people in the diner with you are coach pax, right? The only way to avoid mixing...

Ok, I didn't read all 4 pages, so sorry if this has been said before. Even if Congress did approve more Amtrak funding, I don't really want my tax dollars to subsidize the "pampering" of people like the OP who think they're above mingling with the unwashed masses in coach. Amtrak is public...

They were assigning seats and moving people around to accomodate families when I was on the CZ from SAC to OMA this week. I was asked to move next to another single rider so a mom and her 3 kids could have the whole row together. And there's plenty of us women riding solo out there. Ok, I...

I'm on the EB CZ right now and we didn't have any problems between EMY-DEN. No detours or washed out bridges.

Getting back to the airfare comparison for a second here... Of course flying is cheaper than coach if you're going from one major airport to another, like the LA to Boston example. But I priced out San Francisco to Omaha for my latest trip and it was $189 on Southwest vs. $166 for coach on the...

Just wanted to throw out a reminder to my fellow Cali AUers of how great this current promotion is. Ok, the loophole trips got more expensive, but the 1000 point special routes still have to be one of the best travel values anywhere. Just for doing 2 round-trips today, I earned a free trip...

Yeah, I was going to suggest Richmond too if you specifically want BART. If you're just trying to get to SF, the Ambus from EMY really is the easiest way. The bus will be right there when you get off the train and it's a pretty quick drive over the Bay Bridge. I've only ridden that particular...

Whoops, I kinda slacked off the last couple months and have to save money for next month's big trip, so I won't be going to LA afterall. They're having something at the Fresno station (even had a small ad in today's paper for it), so I'm just going to check that out...in between my 2 triple...

Hey now, some of us weirdos actually like those ridiculous short hops. :blink: A lot of it depends on where you live. If you're in a densely populated area with a lot of trains running each day, it's not that hard to build up points just by heading to the next town for lunch instead of eating...

There's a mix of car styles on the SJ too. The overhead bins are only on the older cars with the big white plastic tables that you have to pull up from the seat in front of you and fold down (sorry, no idea what the name of that car style is and that's the only difference I can remember other...

Well, there's still the 4 per day limit on the 100 point minimum segments (not sure how it works if each segment is more than $50 since I'm always taking short runs). You do get the bonus on all 4 segments each day, though.

Dang, wish I'd known where they were holding that Fresno open house. I was actually at the Amtrak station between 4-8 pm today, but they must've had it in one of the govt. buildings around there (didn't see any signs mentioning it in the station). And I love those new cars. Looks like a...

My experience matches Jim's and the data map that was posted. I had no Sprint service through most of west Texas when I rode the Texas Eagle last month. Not sure of the coverage farther east since the TE splits off at San Antonio. I didn't try the roaming, though (didn't know if it was free on...

No clue what the criteria for this one is. I got the email even though I've been using the QT machine at least once a week for the last couple of months.

I ordered a kid's meal on the TE one night when I wasn't that hungry and they didn't give me any hassle, but I was in a sleeper price wasn't a factor.

As much as I'd love to see this happen, I don't see any way they could make a profit in that market. If there was money to be made there, some wealthy developer in California or Nevada would have already tried it. $99 seems like a reasonable price until you look at how cheap it is to fly to...