RVR - BOS is a fairly common trip for me. I get checked at RVR, WAS, and NYP northbound and the reverse southbound. I don't always ride 66/67; however, on my most recent trip I took 67 back to RVR. As we left BOS, they announced that we would be rechecked at NYP. On one of my trips I asked on one of the conductors about all the re-checking. He claimed that with etickets and scanning Amtrak was recovering a lot of money on the corridor.
By the way for any of you who use smartphones for your eticket on the NEC,do you have the problem of once it is scanned that the bar code or whatever you call it disappears so that the conductor has to check you manually at other checks. Am I doing something wrong?
Yes, I have. On a recent trip from New London CT back to Philadelphia, my e-ticket had disappeared from the app for the New York recheck with the message, "paper ticket required."
To avoid app issues like that, I take a screenshot of my e-ticket prior to boarding. Then, I can just display the screenshot if necessary.