By my reckoning, a December 12-14 trip would be less than 11 months out now. It shows on Amsnag. and the Amtrak site allows me to choose route options. So, this evening, I tried to book a trip from MSP to WIH on the amtrak.com website, using points. Got all the way to the last screen, and THEN it said there was an issue with availability. So I called, and talked to Rodney at AGR. He was very nice, and after a while he came back and said "there's no manifest for the train on the 12th, yet. I can't choose a room for you. Try again in a week and see if it works then."
Has anyone else run into this? Do you think this has anything to do with the shutdown (even though they claimed it would not affect Amtrak)?
Has anyone else run into this? Do you think this has anything to do with the shutdown (even though they claimed it would not affect Amtrak)?