Right now I'm in Seattle (got here via the Pennsylvanian/Capital Limited/Empire builder).
I have return tickets back home for the Coast Starlight to Sacramento, then transferring to the CZ to Chicago
(then back to Pennsylvania). Right now Amtrak is saying that the CZ will not be running up to June 20th.
My CZ reservation is for June 21st. I tried to switch my reservation and leave Seattle on the Empire Builder
on June 21st, but Amtrak said it would cost me $900 more to do that. (If I did it myself online, she said it was
less than 7 days and sleeper could not be refunded for money if it's less than the 7 day minimum).
They told me to just "wait and See"
So for now, I have tickets and will leave from Seattle on June 20th and arrive in Sacramento on June 21st.
If Amtrak says they are NOT running the CZ from Sacramento to Chicago on that day, where does that leave me?
Do they just leave me in Sacramento and give me my money back. From what they agent on the phone said,
they would just cancel the train and give every one refunds.
BUT HOW WOULD I GET HOME? They don't seem to have any answers to this question.
I can't fly (due to medical reasons, and it would be a very very long drive across the country).
If only they would just reroute me now on the EB, it would solve all the problems that might occur later.
Does anyone have any suggestions or know what would happen if AMTRAK cancels the CZ and I'm stuck in Sacramento?
I have return tickets back home for the Coast Starlight to Sacramento, then transferring to the CZ to Chicago
(then back to Pennsylvania). Right now Amtrak is saying that the CZ will not be running up to June 20th.
My CZ reservation is for June 21st. I tried to switch my reservation and leave Seattle on the Empire Builder
on June 21st, but Amtrak said it would cost me $900 more to do that. (If I did it myself online, she said it was
less than 7 days and sleeper could not be refunded for money if it's less than the 7 day minimum).
They told me to just "wait and See"
So for now, I have tickets and will leave from Seattle on June 20th and arrive in Sacramento on June 21st.
If Amtrak says they are NOT running the CZ from Sacramento to Chicago on that day, where does that leave me?
Do they just leave me in Sacramento and give me my money back. From what they agent on the phone said,
they would just cancel the train and give every one refunds.
BUT HOW WOULD I GET HOME? They don't seem to have any answers to this question.
I can't fly (due to medical reasons, and it would be a very very long drive across the country).
If only they would just reroute me now on the EB, it would solve all the problems that might occur later.
Does anyone have any suggestions or know what would happen if AMTRAK cancels the CZ and I'm stuck in Sacramento?