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I live in Europe and do not to plan back to travel and/or live through/in the US before 2014 (finishing PhD). Let's see after the trip how many points I have and I'll a random person that responded to one of my threads for a free Amtrak ride. :)

1500 worthless points. I see that I can't do anything with it. More than happy to give them away to someone here on the forum.

Thanks Ziv. I still need to buy a new camera with good zoom. Hope there is also lots of snow still in Glacier. Have you ever tried Melatonin? I found it very helpful in overnight planes, yet never tried it in a train setting. Another stop wouldn't be possible in my schedule and (indeed) would...

What kind of camaraderie? Just curious! @JayPea: good news. I'm going around the 14th of May, so Glacier is still partly closed (and covered in snow?). What is not busy: only a few seats? 50%? Sleeping on two seats is def. easier.

Great! :-) Thanks. Any other thoughts on whether mid-May is a busy period on these trains? I see there is both a lower-level and a upper-level possible. Lower-level = more quiet?

Any thoughts which stores I could buy these cheaply? I'm staying mainly in cities (e.g. NYC, Washington (DC), Chicago etc). I know Walmart has these, but won't probably easily reachable without a car.

Sorry- you are correct indeed. It's 2 night travel. Prices of the roomette are crazily high. Being a student, I'd need to cut costs somewhere. I heard taking a blanket is recommendable. Roomette: Add $571.00 per room :lol: .

I'm now planning to take the Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle and the Coastal Starlight from Seattle to Los Angeles. Both rides 1 night of sleep on coach. I've read a lot about sleeping on coach class, but as I'm quite tall (2 meters -6.6?) I was wondering if you have any other specific...

Just as a thought, what can I do with guest reward point earned for the following routes: Chicago to Seattle Seattle to Portland Portland to Los Angeles Los Angeles to San Diego I'm a complete outsider and a tourist, so not sure if I could benefit from these points.

As a follow-up: I decided to keep it more condensed as I haven't seen much of the cities myself. I'll do this kind of trip later. Thanks all!

I'm researching what is the cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Emeryville with stopovers. I noticed some strange pricing. Maybe someone has tips how to make this journey cheaper. All prices are with ISIC discount. Directly is of course cheapest (Chicago > Emeryville for $ 131,00). Then...

On the one hand, I'm interested in staying in the train longer; lot's to see for a minimal price (+- $ 154 for CHI - Emeryville). On the other hand, stopping at some different stations in a multi-city would allow more site seeing but is more expensive (+- $ 314) and a train pass is $ 429,- that...

I am stunned by the great trips you guys make. Beautiful.

Thanks for the responses, very, very appreciated! What is your opinion on being fulltime in the train? The suggested iteraries seem great in terms of exploring the country, but regarding sleeping 15 days on a coach seat makes me wonder whether it might be better to create a stop-over of 1/2...