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Got a $300 travel voucher for a heavily delayed train trip few months ago. Can I book a full fare ticket with those funds and use the companion coupon? Specifically looking at taking the Cardinal from NYP to CHI . For trips in December it is pricing at $500 for a roomette for one person ...

Trying to plan a vacation using Amtrak and local bus only ( prefer not to rent a car or take uber for last mile ).. To make things more complicated, there also needs to be decent Airbnb selection at the towns, or alternative accommodation under $75/night. Did a lot of analysis and only found a...

Seems Amtrak makes it as hard as possible for families to use these regional trains. First off, there is no priority boarding. The gates are announced last minute and there's a mad rush of people to board the trains. So chance of getting on first is minimal. Second problem is these trains seem...

Seems now they are offering 20,000 points for switching to NRG. How easy is it to do? And how easy is it to cancel after some months. I am not worried about the boilerplate language about "forfeiting bonus if cancelled". That's been in every credit card rewards program and I've never seen it...

My event gets done around 930PM in Philly so want to take the 955PM Palmetto to NYP. Is this train often late? If so, how much on average. Can I board the next regional train at 10:39 if it's delayed more than 40 minutes? I will probably be booking this ticket with Amtrak guest reward points..

With the Bank of America card dead, are there other ways to get free points ( via bonuses only )? Which airlines allow transfer of miles -> AGR points? I can research them to see if any have credit cards. Back in the day one could open a Chase banking account and transfer points 1:1. Guessing...

My 6 year old and I have a roomette booked. I assume it is flex dining. If so, what would be the menu options for us? The ticket says, Hungry? On the Silver Star you can buy hot and cold sandwiches, snacks and other items in the Cafe/Lounge car. No Dining car is available

I tried making a dummy booking on a NE regional train business class for two people. But nowhere did it ask me to select the seats. Is this option only available after you actually make the purchase? And what if you can't find two seats together? Is there an option to cancel for full refund if...

From what I see, most start in Virginia. So by the time they get to DC, most empty seats are probably occupied. My reason for asking is I want to travel with my 6 year old son and not worry about finding two empty seats together. I know worse case scenario I can ask some folks to move, but would...

I want to take the train from NYC to Washington DC with my 5 year old. But there are two problems that make this rather annoying and stressful for me: 1) There is no preboarding for families at Moynihan station. I can just try and walk up to the front, but they often don't announce which gate...

I tried even looking months in advance but coach shows ~4k points and business says ~3k points. I thought coach used to be 2500 points or less last year when I booked?

My understanding is these trains have no special boarding for families. The gate gets announced on a screen and then there is a mad rush to the single escalator to board the train. In a matter of minutes the entire train gets filled up. Even the mid-day trains seem busy. Is there some way to...

I've spent almost an hour trying to book a simple trip with my companion coupon. For the life of me I can't figure out why it doesn't work. The price it shows at the checkout screen is the full price for two people. No discount is applied. I did some googling and seems maybe Saver fares are not...

People laugh when I tell them I am taking a 19 hour train from the greater New York City area to Chicago. They don't realize that it is actually faster than flying. The train leaves in the early evening and arrives in the morning. If I took an evening flight I would arrive close to midnight...

The prices are ridiculously expensive if I try and book a roomette for the entire trip. So I had an idea that what if I break the ticket up by just booking a sleeper from Rochester (NY ) -> Elkhart (IN). But even that short 9 hour trip is showing very expensive roomette ( $281 is cheapest I see...

Booked a round-trip with points. Went one-way but did not use the return trip. Can I get a points refund for the return trip? I know I should have called to cancel before the train date..

Amtrak website says you can not do it . I want to use Illinois multi-ride on the Illinois portion of the Southwest chief. Will teh conductor let it slide or force me to buy a ticket? If I buy a ticket at what rate will it be?