Here's a question: Once the online barcode is "live" and accepted, will the act of opening it up on your iphone/ipad etc count as "printing out your ticket and thus affect one's ability to get a full refund. Just wondering.I just received notice of my iPad app for Amtrak saying that "... The scannable barcode is now included on your reservation (on your iPhone/iPad) screen ..." So it looks like Amtrak is preparing for a further rollout of E-Tickets!
No. It will only be used when the conductor scans your barcode.
Sorry, did not read your question completely. Answer is still no. Since it will be an e-ticket, there is no such things as a printed ticket anymore. That means refunds will be the same as if you had never printed a ticket. And just viewing or printing your barcode also does not count as a printed ticket.
Good point, If i click on it it appears to show the right train.
What's up with the android users always asking or saying we still don't have an app?? You ask me there's no real benefit of the iPhone app. All the stuff you can do with the app you can do online. I think the only exception is rebooking. But it's not that much of a difference. But if you want the app so bad come to the real world and get an iPhone. Which still outnumbers those droids. :giggle:
Alan, I read elsewhere that an Android app is scheduled for sometime this fall. As an Android user, I look forward to the convenience that an app provides, because although the mobile website isn't bad, it's finicky to log into, and the My Trips section doesn't show bar codes. Besides, I want to catch up with your "I checked in at NYP using the Amtrak app" posts on Facebook. You're just making the rest of us jealous
You know, half the time that I start out on a trip, I actually forget to check in at NYP prior to pulling out of the station. I'm usually half way to the first station before I remember to open the friggin App and check in.Besides, I want to catch up with your "I checked in at NYP using the Amtrak app" posts on Facebook. You're just making the rest of us jealous
When it comes to Amtrak I depend almost entirely on emails since that's the only technology that Amtrak deems capable of relaying everything no matter the source or situation. I find this restriction puzzling since I cannot think of any other transportation company that operates this way. Hopefully this will change as electronic ticketing becomes the new standard. At least that will be one benefit to counteract all of the new restrictions on refunds and the like.
The situation is frustrating.
I've yet to come across any two enterprise systems that cannot be linked in some way. Indeed there is a large interface industry that specializes in linking one discrete system to another disparate system and another and another and so on until nearly everything can talk to nearly everything else. That's not to say that Amtrak has the willpower, manpower, or monetary means to get it done but, as nearly every other modern transportation company has proven, it is indeed quite possible.
That's my major gripe as well. We recently booked BNL to SAS for next April (one-way AGR and the other we had to pay). Neither show up online or on the app...
