I have been at a table with coach pax that have not been allowed to order off the kids menu.
Same here. And often with a snooty “we don’t serve your kind” attitude to boot.
On our return trip from El Paso, my wife had no problem ordering off the children's menu but was refused on the Crescent. We had a sleeper in both trains so Amtrak saves money when the children's menu is used by "pre-paid" adults but I can understand if they want to reserve them for kids at the beginning of a run or prohibit coach passengers from taking advantage of the lower price.
Instead the passengers learn to take advantage of bringing their own food aboard and Amtrak benefits by... selling fewer products to coach passengers?
I've been told by LSAs that the Special meals will soon go away!
Are we talking about the chef inspired meals or the dietary restriction meals? Either way this seems extremely short sighted. Amtrak seems intent on following the airlines into perpetual dissatisfaction.
More penny wise and pound foolish nonsense from the bean counters @ 60 Mass that are part of the "Financial Excellence" team! Family friendly Not!
Jim: from the posts, it appears that the children's menu is reserved for children.....with limited stock....unless it is the last day and they then seem to accommodate requests to order off that menu. Nothing to do with "bean counters"!
Haolerider: Was it really necessary to shout your reply? I’ve seen the dining car staff
forbid adults from ordering from the children’s menu at an early seating only to
force adults to order from the child’s menu at a later seating for the exact same meal. Apparently they ran out of adult meals. Just imagine how much better it would have been if the folks who wanted kids meals could have chosen them thereby allowing the folks who wanted adult meals to claim them before they ran out. Seems to me that it’s some sort of power struggle that ends up preventing people of all stripes from ordering what they really want.
