I looked at it a little while ago, and you have to input the trip info from the promotion page in order to get the discount. They do have the option to price with points, but when I get to the price page there isn’t a promotion applied to points options like on the cash side. So the only option I see right now would be to call AGR and see if they can do it. I also looked through the restrictions posted and they don’t rule out points purchases.
How do I actually book through the promotion page? Because when I click on “Book Now” at the bottom of that page, it just sends me to the standard booking page and doesn’t seem to recognize the discount.
On the home page, watch for the promotion to come across as a banner and go to that page.
Thank you muchly. Typical of Amtrak to have two webpages for one promo, one of which lacks the crucial function that actually allows you to utilize the deal. Sigh.
Works for me. Be sure to use 2 Adults. The pricing shows "Promo Applied."
Still not working for me. What dates and routes are you checking it for?
Thanks, that particular itinerary (SAS-CHI) does work. However, for example I’m looking at fares between NYP and CHI and it isn’t working, even though the deal is explicitly listed as being applicable to NYP-CHI tickets. :wacko:
The diner lite is far superior to the 'meals in a box' on the Capitol Ltd and Lakeshore Ltd. At least there's a decent choice of foods, all hot, for each meal.
I’m looking at NYP-CHI on 2/13 and it still isn’t working for either train. I’ve checked it multiple times and everything seems to be in order, yet here we are.
Yeah, that’s what I found too. Although I haven’t made a call to AGR to confirm this since I don’t have enough time off available to take advantage of the offer. :wacko:Yeah so I’ve now got it working reliably, which is good. However it seems that it actually doesn’t work if your booking on points, which is not so good.
One of the potential causes of your problems is the browser you are using. I use Firefox and there are several sites that simply "don't work at all" or only partially work. Directv and Pay.gov are two of the 'Firefox problem sites' I've identified thus far. I sometimes wonder if Amtrak.com has similar problems as I frequently get 'overtyped' portions on my screen when the top portion of a line of text is fine, but the bottom portion is overlaid with the top of the next line of text, etc. It's also possible that my screen resolution (1920 x 1080) is causing that problem.Yeah so I’ve now got it working reliably, which is good. However it seems that it actually doesn’t work if your booking on points, which is not so good.
I am on Mac and use Safari, but as Bill said, it seems that the deal is exclusive to cash bookings.
Bratkinson what is this Windows 2000 theme you're using? I can see it's not actually that old since Firefox is updated.
Apparently, Amtraks' web site doesn't fully interface with Firefox on my 64-bit Windows 7 Pro computer. For what it's worth, it's impossible to use the 'modify reservation' capability under Firefox, too. That includes using upgrades as well as simply changing dates, trains, etc. Even to cancel an existing reservation, I had no choice but to put up with Internet Explorer to do it.
I have Firefox on 64-bit Windows 7 with no problems modifying or canceling my Amtrak reservations. Have you tried reinstalling a current and unmodified version of Firefox to a new file location? I've seen many cases where users personalize their installation of Firefox until it doesn't work with one or more sites and then they just assume it's a browser compatibility issue rather than their choice of outdated/conflicting plugins and/or other customizations.
