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Thanks for the advice! I just got outbid on one of the upgrades anyway. I just qualified for Select for the first time at the end of November. I will send an email to AGR to see if there is a way I can go ahead and redeem the upgrade coupons now so that the first class booking can be "under...

I will be traveling in the northeast with my wife and two daughters this April and we have booked the Acela for a trip south from Bos to Nyp. I just qualified for Amtrak Select and, from what I can gather, I will be receiving an upgrade coupon in the mail. It would be nice if I could snag a...

I have made two recent reservations for a roomette on the Capitol Limited round trip from Was to Chi. On the first one for a trip this July, I paid $311 for the westbound trip and got $255 low bucket for the return. I was assigned roomette 6 for both trips. I waited several weeks after my...

I am taking the whole family for a Coast Starlight round trip in about 10 days. It will be everyone's first experience of overnight train travel since an Atlanta to DC trip on the Crescent about 10 years ago. I am hoping that the schedule is fully restored by then. I followed the Amtrak...

Any chance the PPC was just set off to reduce tonnage since the motive power was reduced?

I subscribe to Gil Carmichael Reports. A link to his latest report is pasted below; he puts forth a very interesting idea. I respect Mr. Carmichael's opinions, but I must admit I don't see this working without a significant government subsidy for the buyer. Why would either FedEx or UPS agree...

I did a round trip just after Thanksgiving from Washington to Chicago, heading west on the CL and then back east on the Cardinal. I enjoyed the CL; nice ride, nice equipment, and a fabulous steak dinner. I did miss most of the scenery out of DC due to darkness. The Cardinal coming back was...

I got the survery email and decided to take the time to fill it out. I clicked through to the welcome page which had a password filled in. When I clicked in to begin the survey, I got a screen that said I don't qualify for the survey. Now when I try to click in, it says that my survey is...

On January 6, 1884 a westbound passenger train stalled in a snow drift about 1 mile east of Cumbres Pass, Colorado on the Denver and Rio Grande. It was three days before the employees at the Cumbres section house realized that the train was marooned and several more days after that when a...

I am an AGR newbie and just attempted to make my first purchase for points through the AGR website - 6 point per dollar at Golf Discount.com! The order confirmation came through, but nothing on the email mentions AGR or my AGR account. I think I did everything correctly: my name and point...