Amsnag fare watch saves me money!

[Ispolkom]

I was happy to find an e-mail from Amsnag this morning, telling me that the roomette price on a November trip has dropped almost $40. I called Amtrak, spent less than 10 seconds on hold, and the agent rebooked me in just a couple of minutes. Very good return on time invested, and I'm very grateful to be able to use this feature.

One possible glitch, though. The e-mail had a column titled "Travel Date." I would have thought this should have been populated by the date of the fare I'm watching. Instead, each cell gave yesterday's date, when the e-mail was sent.

 

[the_traveler]

I was happy to find an e-mail from Amsnag this morning, telling me that the roomette price on a November trip has dropped almost $40. I called Amtrak, spent less than 10 seconds on hold, and the agent rebooked me in just a couple of minutes. Very good return on time invested, and I'm very grateful to be able to use this feature.
One possible glitch, though. The e-mail had a column titled "Travel Date." I would have thought this should have been populated by the date of the fare I'm watching. Instead, each cell gave yesterday's date, when the e-mail was sent.

That may be due to when the train departed the origination station, not when you board the train.