Oh, thank god.
Update Again
The last Amtrak Table I have shows the CHI - SFO being $554 - $1377 for just the bedroom - that doesn't include the coach fare which runs $145 - $284 per person. Of course with a room purchase the coach drops back to low bucket. So - for two people the low bucket for a bedroom would be $874.
Keep checking, if your dates are flexible there is a good chance the prices will come down, maybe not to low bucket but a buck is a buck as we say here! DO NOT cancel our first reservation until you have the new,lower priced one booked, this will prevent you not having a room @ any price if someone else books your old room while you are dealing with an agent!Good luck!
Then you have a very high bucket price. A has been mentioned, keep checking back as the price may fall the closer you get to travel time. We are seeing this more and more where the prices start out hight, come down later and then go back up as demand increases.
Releasing dates at highest bucket 11 months out, then lowering it a month or two later (9 or 10 months out) does not seem to me to be the way to do that. Lets punish (drive away) those who are willing to give their money to Amtrak 11 months before using it.
I certainly hope that this is the underlying reason, since Amtrak deserves the revenue. I booked my travel at the higher price and will check to see if I can rebook at a lower price later, the same way I went from $75 to $59 a ticket on a MSP-MDW Southwest flight next month. Let's here it for no change fees!
