yarrow
Engineer
i guess i have got a bee in my bonnet over this but it seems to me one of the most idiotic things, out of many, that i have known amtrak to do. many previously bookable, guaranteed connections from spokane,wa(and other cities east of sea/pdx to the continental divide)are no longer bookable as such. if i try, for example, to book spokane to denver on amtrak.com i get the following message:
Problem Finding Service: Sorry, we cannot find train service matching your request. Please try alternate stations/cities. To learn more about trains available at a particular station, please click on the 'Stations' tab above.
[Error ID: 108A]
if i call amtrak the connection is bookable as a multi- city trip but with no guaranteed connection between the cs and cz even though there are 4.5 hours layover between the two trains. spokane to san diego? same message. spokane to albuquerque, spokane to el paso or points in between on these routes. no can do.
how much business has amtrak lost because of this idiotic change? how many people have said "let's check the train for our visit to aunt lauretta this summer", gotten the above message and given up on the idea. maybe they went ahead and called an amtrak agent and learned that previously guaranteed connections are no longer and opted for something more reliable.
check some trips from your home that were ok in the past and see what they are now.
Problem Finding Service: Sorry, we cannot find train service matching your request. Please try alternate stations/cities. To learn more about trains available at a particular station, please click on the 'Stations' tab above.
[Error ID: 108A]
if i call amtrak the connection is bookable as a multi- city trip but with no guaranteed connection between the cs and cz even though there are 4.5 hours layover between the two trains. spokane to san diego? same message. spokane to albuquerque, spokane to el paso or points in between on these routes. no can do.
how much business has amtrak lost because of this idiotic change? how many people have said "let's check the train for our visit to aunt lauretta this summer", gotten the above message and given up on the idea. maybe they went ahead and called an amtrak agent and learned that previously guaranteed connections are no longer and opted for something more reliable.
check some trips from your home that were ok in the past and see what they are now.