I've been having a sort of inconsistent experience with the Covid Pre-check business. When it works the way I guess it's supposed to, you get a text message 24 hours before your trip. You click on a link, and a web page shows up asking a couple of questions about whether you have Covid symptoms, been tested positive, or are under quarantine. You click that you haven't, and that's that.
Over the past month, I've has the following experience:
Pittsburgh Circle trip: No notification or request for this information on any of my trains (Northeast Regional, Pennsylvania, Capitol Limited, Northeast Regional)
Boston-Albany "Lollipop Loop": No notification for Acela from Baltimore to Boston. Notified and request for information for all other segments of the trip. (Lake Shore Limited, Empire Service, Crescent."
Yesterday, I had some business in Washington and ride down on the Acela. No request for Covid Pre-check. No questions from the conductor, either. (I think if you don't fill it out on line, the conductor is supposed to ask you the questions when he scans your ticket.) On the ride back, I got a text notification, but when I tried to click on it, the app crashed. Again, the conductor paid no attention to the fact that I didn't answer the questions, and scanned my ticket without comment. On the other hand, when I saw my doctor in Washington, he asked if I had been vaccinated, and when I told him I had, he said I could take off my mask.
Over the past month, I've has the following experience:
Pittsburgh Circle trip: No notification or request for this information on any of my trains (Northeast Regional, Pennsylvania, Capitol Limited, Northeast Regional)
Boston-Albany "Lollipop Loop": No notification for Acela from Baltimore to Boston. Notified and request for information for all other segments of the trip. (Lake Shore Limited, Empire Service, Crescent."
Yesterday, I had some business in Washington and ride down on the Acela. No request for Covid Pre-check. No questions from the conductor, either. (I think if you don't fill it out on line, the conductor is supposed to ask you the questions when he scans your ticket.) On the ride back, I got a text notification, but when I tried to click on it, the app crashed. Again, the conductor paid no attention to the fact that I didn't answer the questions, and scanned my ticket without comment. On the other hand, when I saw my doctor in Washington, he asked if I had been vaccinated, and when I told him I had, he said I could take off my mask.