BTW just for what it is worth----know matter how much some of us are finding fault with CHI, let it be said that CHI Union Station actually did have a form of first class lounge before the formal Metropolitan Lounge concept was adopted. Guess it was sort of a test pattern.
I do not remember when this was but it was definately under Amtrak. I was on a trip out west, somehow found out there was a separate first class waiting area. We did show our tickets there, I am sure, and it was crowded. I do not remember where in the station it was.CUS has had many structural changes through the years and I cannot keep them clear in my mind.
What I am trying to say is that CHI has at least had the concept a long time. I do not think it was even mentioned in the timetables, this early trial-run of a first class lounge. Several trains were leaving near the same time so it was crowded, what else is new.
I do not remember when this was but it was definately under Amtrak. I was on a trip out west, somehow found out there was a separate first class waiting area. We did show our tickets there, I am sure, and it was crowded. I do not remember where in the station it was.CUS has had many structural changes through the years and I cannot keep them clear in my mind.
What I am trying to say is that CHI has at least had the concept a long time. I do not think it was even mentioned in the timetables, this early trial-run of a first class lounge. Several trains were leaving near the same time so it was crowded, what else is new.