On a upcoming trip in May a friend that is riding with me in the same roomette is set up with open sleeper ticket. It was just announced the station of Newton Kansas(both our departing station) is losing its agent. He is to pick the paper ticket at the station prior to boarding. What are my options to get this ticket?
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west point
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Anderson does not seem to understand the loosing agent muck ?
I can't directly answer your question, but the conductor should have his name on his reservation screen.
I connected from San Antonio to Denver in August and there were about two dozen of us transfers to Trains 3 and 4, plus about another two dozen originating in Newton. From eavesdropping while waiting for a minor delay it seemed that many of the customers were high-dollar fares. The agent was busy. Are off-seasons really low?
I connected from San Antonio to Denver in August and there were about two dozen of us transfers to Trains 3 and 4, plus about another two dozen originating in Newton. From eavesdropping while waiting for a minor delay it seemed that many of the customers were high-dollar fares. The agent was busy. Are off-seasons really low?
The open sleeper tickets are one of the few tickets left that are paper "value" tickets, not etickets. So they are not going to show up other than on a manifest, which is not valid for transportation. They'll have to have an actual ticket (not an eticket boarding pass).
Amtrak used to offer an option where a paper value ticket could be mailed. Call reservations and talk to them.
the_traveler
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I’m confused!
You say you connected from SAS to DEN, then mention trains 3/4 and Newton. Neither train between SAS and DEN is 3/4, nor do they pass thru Newton!
Back before etickets, Amtrak would mail you a ticket....is that option still available? Maybe a call to Amtrak is in order.
Edit: zephyr17 made similiar comment above!
Has the station gone unstaffed already? If not, pick up the ticket now. Otherwise, is there any staffed station either of you could go to in the interim?
How far from OKC are you? You don’t have to pick up the ticket at the departure station.
OKC is Unstaffed.
Based on what the website says, there is ample time for the paper ticket to be mailed. Of course, double check, things change.
For my trip to Dallas for the 2019 Gathering, I booked a Round Trip Open Sleeper Ticket via Telephone on #22/#21/#421 ( $54 RT/Such a Deal!!)with with AU friends ( Paid for Rail Fare/ got to Share a Bedroom and Two Diner Meals each way AUS-DAL-AUS) and was Mailed an Old Style Paper Ticket.
The Conductor said it had been a long time since hed seen one of those tickets.
The Agent in Dallas redid my Return Ticket for #21/#421 DAL-AUS to an e-ticket with difficulty since it wouldn't scan due to the new rules for Open Sleeper ticketing.
The Conductor said it had been a long time since hed seen one of those tickets.
The Agent in Dallas redid my Return Ticket for #21/#421 DAL-AUS to an e-ticket with difficulty since it wouldn't scan due to the new rules for Open Sleeper ticketing.
Correct. I submitted my itinerary in another thread after I made the western circle tour in 2019. From San Antonio I changed at Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Newton and Raton, ending up at DEB or DEN. I just checked and it still comes up in the Amtrak reservation website.
