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Points are through USAA credit card for flying. I use them because for 30k points I can book up to $500 fare. But only RT.

We are doing two trips - 25k BR - SEA TO DEN staying in Denver Then RAT to SEA - 25k points BR We decided on a one way car rental to RAT where we will take a slow drive down the east side of rpthe front range, visit Capulin and then catch the SWC to the CS. We are east coast. Ironically the...

Thanks Train2104 - I will look into that.

Hi there - We are trying to figure out what to do with our points before the deadline. We are on the east coast and love the Empire Builder, the Coast Starlight, and the Zephyr. I have been running numbers and we can do the Builder in a bedroom for less in the new system from the east coast -...

Summer 2015 is our big circuit. We are starting from Ann Arbor on the Wolverine to Chicago. Then we hop on the Empire Builder to Portland. Because of connections and timing - I booked each segment separately. So we will have a 24 hour layover in PDX before we board the Coast Starlight to...

My husband is a steam fan - so we travel all over in search of train museums. He loves the Durango train and also the Cumbres and Toltec. Soot! It's what's for dinner is there way of honoring all those people who hang their head out the window at every curve. You are more likely to find me...

Thanks all - i read about the mudslides - but I don't think that's what happened for this segment. I am curious why Amtrak isn't more involved with social media - FB - Instagram - Twitter - etc. Really looking forward to our trip!

Thank you! I had forgotten about trainorders. I am a bit rusty. Our last big trip was 2012 - gearing up for summer 2015 - excited!!!!

How do we find out what happened during a service disruption? I have tried social media - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - and of course the amtrak website - and there isn't any news. We've traveled a fair amount and experienced a lot of delays - but just rolled with it. This summer we are...