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I don't recall ever reading about anyone being told a train they wanted to ride on was sold out. Do they sell out, or do they just add another coach?
AlohaI don't recall ever reading about anyone being told a train they wanted to ride on was sold out. Do they sell out, or do they just add another coach?
Traveler,Last week, I took the CS (among others ) to PDX in a roomette. Due to my ride being unvailable until later, I decided to continue on the CS up to OLW. I asked the SA if I could just remain in my roomette (even though I bought a coach tcket PDX-OLW). She said that my room (and 2 others) were resold, but there was 1 open downstairs that I could use. Later she found me in the PPC and informed me that it was sold, and I would have to reboard coach. (Mind you that it's only a few hours between PDX and SEA.)
When I reboarded coach, ALL seats were sold! Even 2 stops later, when my seatmate got off, someone boarding took the seat, and again ALL seats were taken!
On the return, I took a Cascade, #519 - which was also full!
They don't '"double sell", but what they do is sell the same room for more thn 1 segment.Traveler,Does Amtrak ever double sell the roomettes/bedrooms? Like sell the same bedroom twice in the same car for the same leg of the journey?
Just curious if you've ever seen that.
Sunchaser
Just checking-I would not be a happy camper if I boarded & someone was already in the room I paid for!They don't '"double sell", but what they do is sell the same room for more thn 1 segment.Traveler,Does Amtrak ever double sell the roomettes/bedrooms? Like sell the same bedroom twice in the same car for the same leg of the journey?
Just curious if you've ever seen that.
Sunchaser
On the CS, the same room could be sold for LAX-OKJ, EMY-PDX and PDX-SEA. No 2 stops overlap, and the SA has to reset he room!
I remember having to do that way back on trains between Baltimore and Boston in the 1980s going to college. How can Amtrak do that now when Northeast Regional trains are all-reserved, so they can never oversell?I was once on a north east regional that was sold out plus people were standing in the aisles.
Individual NEC tickets are all-reserved, but there are also commuter monthly passes. Since that allows one to board any NEC (regionals only, no Acelas), that can throw the numbers off.I remember having to do that way back on trains between Baltimore and Boston in the 1980s going to college. How can Amtrak do that now when Northeast Regional trains are all-reserved, so they can never oversell?I was once on a north east regional that was sold out plus people were standing in the aisles.
I suppose that if a train was taken out of service Amtrak would get the inconvenienced passengers on the next train, but can I assume that during regular operations, nobody should ever have to stand on a reserved train?
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