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    Bustitution/Forced into Coach During Reward Travel

    I have a trip from CHI-LAX via PDX (EB connecting to CS) booked for early January. I redeemed points for a two-zone bedroom. If at some point during the trip I'm either bustituted, or forced into coach, will I receive a full refund of my points, or will they change the redemption to a two-zone...
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    TQP Expiration

    I just made Select about a month ago, and need 3230 TQPs by the end of the year to make Select Plus. At the end of the year, do ALL of my TQPs expire, meaning that I have to earn 10000 in 2015 to make SP, or do just the ones that I've earned above the 5000 needed for Select? Also, my Select...
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    NE Regional Business Class Improvements?

    I'm currently on a NE Regional (176), in business class (I decided to try it out). The seats aren't the older blue fabric (as I've seen in many pictures), but are instead blue leather. Is this a new thing, or have I just not seen it before?
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    NE Corridor Mess (08.02)

    I'm at Newark Penn waiting with my friend for his DC bound 159 NE Regional train. Due to track work, there is currently only one track open between NY and Newark Penn. Our NJ transit train had to wait at Secaucus for another train to pass. Once we got to NWK, a miniature pileup seemed to happen...
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    Pennsylvanian Business Class

    Is the business class car on the Pennsylvanian the 2x2 NER car, or the 2x1 club-dinette? If it is the former, the Amfleet II coach seating is superior, IMO. If it is the latter, that's another story entirely. I'd definitely pay for that. Thanks for any answers that you guys can provide.
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    Amtrak Priority Law Goes to Supreme Court (Decided 3/9/15)

    SCOTUS has agreed to hear the lawsuit over the law that requires Amtrak trains to receive dispatching priority, and allows for the railroads to be fined if they are found in violation of the law. It'll definitely be interesting to see how this unfolds. If the Supreme Court rules the law...
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    Washington Post Article: Amtrak On-Time Performance

    Article just out from the Washington Post, concerning the system-wide decline in Amtrak's on-time performance: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/10/the-sorry-state-of-amtraks-on-time-performance-mapped/?hpid=z5?tid=sm_fb
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    NYP Mezzanine Boarding

    I'm aware of the NYP Mezzanine "loophole" to avoid Amtrak's mess that is their NYP boarding process, and have done additional research on the subject. I've read on a few sites that Amtrak has been sporadically stationing ATP at the Mezzanine track entrances to stop this in the last few years...
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    Resale of Used Sleepers

    Does Amtrak resell sleepers that have already been occupied at some point earlier in a trip? Example: Roomette X is occupied from Chicago to Denver. Can someone else purchase the same room from Denver to Emeryville, or would it be unavailable for the rest of a trip? I wouldn't think that they...
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    Newark Airport Station

    Hello everyone, Does anyone know if the Newark Airport Station is going to reopen on schedule (July 15th)? Will the Air Train also reopen when it is supposed to? Thanks.
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    Revenue+Points Itinerary

    Hello all, I just had a quick question about redemptions: Can I mix revenue and points within one itinerary? Example: I pay to go from WAS to CHI on the CL, and then use points to go from CHI to LAX on the SWC. The reason I ask is for guaranteed connection purposes, and because I don't have...
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