Amfleet
Engineer
Source Gene Poon and Amtrak from Trainorders.
CHANGES TO ON-BOARD SLEEPER SALES PROCESS
DUE TO HIGH DEMAND AND LIMITED AVAILABILITY, THE PRICE FOR ON-BOARD SLEEPER UPGRADES WILL BE CALCULATED USING A NEW, SIMPLER METHOD THAT WILL RESULT IN HIGHER REVENUE YIELDS.
EFFECTIVE JUNE 15, 2004 AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, CONDUCTORS WILL COLLECT THE *PUBLISHED* D-LEVEL ACCOMMODATION CHARGE FROM PASSENGERS WHO WISH TO UPGRADE ON BOARD THE TRAIN, BASED UPON SPACE AVAILABILITY.
IN CASES WHERE A PASSENGER IS UPGRADING FROM A SMALL SLEEPER TO A LARGE SLEEPER (E.G., STANDARD TO DELUXE), AND THE ACCOMODATION CHARGE ORIGINALLY PAID FOR THE SMALL SLEEPER IS GREATER THAN THE D-LEVEL CHARGE FOR THE LARGE SLEEPER, THE PASSENGER MAY UPGRADE TO THE LARGER ROOM FOR NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE.
-source: AMTRAK
(NOTE: under previous policy the charge was calculated as a percentage of the published accomodations charge)