SubwayNut
Conductor
Curious if anyone knows how many Sleepers the Cardinal is normally running these days?
I'm doing a quick old AGR redemption dash (flying out there) in a couple weeks ABQ-NYP. I assumed I would be on the LSL most likely, since a sleeper on the Cardinal is impossible to get, although I flirted with going CL to the Star to either SAV or JAX and booking an evening flight that night home (for as low as $60ish one-way from SAV, with its terrible flight times when I looked a week ago, there gone now, $99 from JAX). Hopefully I'll get one more long 2-Zone redemption trip before these end, although I'm looking forward using the rest of my points on Shorter legs like NYP-CHI, I'm much more of a one night on the train at time, liking to make stops kind of guy.
Tonight I tentatively finalized my plans (going to miss the free changes on AGR reservations a lot), checked the website, and low and behind a Roomette had opened on the Cardinal (someone must have canceled, I thought, as of last night it was sold out)! I immediately called and booked. Sticker price was $1,304 6.5¢ per point, quite a good rate.
I was given Car 5001|Room 2, I just checked again and its listing full Roomette availability and 2 Bedrooms (both sold out as of Wednesday night) so it appears I didn't get a cancelation but Amtrak just added another
The sad part is I might me needing to be home the day before and might have to give up that Cardinal Roomette for the LSL (with only dining car breakfast and lunch), hopefully I can still find a last minute sleeper east.
Redemptions and making changes I'm going to miss come January.
I'm doing a quick old AGR redemption dash (flying out there) in a couple weeks ABQ-NYP. I assumed I would be on the LSL most likely, since a sleeper on the Cardinal is impossible to get, although I flirted with going CL to the Star to either SAV or JAX and booking an evening flight that night home (for as low as $60ish one-way from SAV, with its terrible flight times when I looked a week ago, there gone now, $99 from JAX). Hopefully I'll get one more long 2-Zone redemption trip before these end, although I'm looking forward using the rest of my points on Shorter legs like NYP-CHI, I'm much more of a one night on the train at time, liking to make stops kind of guy.
Tonight I tentatively finalized my plans (going to miss the free changes on AGR reservations a lot), checked the website, and low and behind a Roomette had opened on the Cardinal (someone must have canceled, I thought, as of last night it was sold out)! I immediately called and booked. Sticker price was $1,304 6.5¢ per point, quite a good rate.
I was given Car 5001|Room 2, I just checked again and its listing full Roomette availability and 2 Bedrooms (both sold out as of Wednesday night) so it appears I didn't get a cancelation but Amtrak just added another
The sad part is I might me needing to be home the day before and might have to give up that Cardinal Roomette for the LSL (with only dining car breakfast and lunch), hopefully I can still find a last minute sleeper east.
Redemptions and making changes I'm going to miss come January.