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You can buy tickets for a trip eleven months in advance of the departure date, but what time do these tickets actually become available? Is it midnight (eastern time, I'd assume, but I don't like to assume), or another, later time? Or is it exactly eleven months out, as in, if the train leaves...

Thanks for the replies. Turns out I misunderstood and she was asking if she booked to Portland NOW and decided closer to the trip that she wanted to go to Seattle if she'd be able to change, not on the train itself.

Is this allowed? I'm not looking to do it, but someone I know is asking if it's possible. She is planning to take the Empire Builder next year but is debating whether to end in Portland or Seattle. If she takes the ticket to Portland and during the trip decides she'd rather go to Seattle, is...

Thanks. I was hoping I was wrong about not being able to use points, but at least now I know for sure that I can't.

http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj532/dpurves/Untitled_zpscn7xnvfm.jpg I'm thinking that this route won't work, at least as far as Guest Rewards are concerned, because the second leg of the trip is leaving 7/5, a blackout date. The other parts should be okay, though. Is that correct? I...

I remember taking the Lake Shore Limited the day after Christmas during a blizzard in 2007 (I think). The train was packed because flights were being canceled left and right. The weather quickly got worse after departure, and I started to consider getting off the train and heading home because...

Sorry, I used the wrong terminology. I took the Capital Limited from DC to Chicago and left them in Chicago Union Station during the layover before taking the California Zephyr a few hours later. I mentioned that I was in a sleeper to indicate that I was taking advantage of that free service...

I brought three cardboard boxes on an Amtrak a couple of years ago. They were all tied together, creating a handle of sorts, and they were also inside a bright yellow laundry bag. No one blinked. No one questioned them when I checked them in Chicago either. I was in a sleeper from DC to CA...

Thank you.

So you have a limit of buying 10,000 points a year, but there is also the option of buying them for someone else. If I could get another AGR member to buy points for me, would that mean I could buy 10,000 for myself and have him buy an additional 10,000 for me, or is the maximum you can have...

Oh, that's better than I thought. I still don't have enough points, but that's doable. Thanks.

This trip, using AGR and going by sleeper, would take 45,000 points? That's what I'm figuring, but want to make sure.

So I did bring my cake, and it went over very well. I baked it first thing Saturday morning, frosted it in the pan, wrapped it with aluminum foil, and then put it in a ziplocked bag. I had bought one of those styrofoam containers that's supposed to maintain its temperature, put in a few frozen...

That's great. Thanks a lot. I'm not looking to check any of it. I just suddenly got paranoid that I was going to be stopped upon entering the train and not be able to take these boxes with me. Thanks again.

I'm taking the train from Metropark to Colorado on Saturday. I'll be taking the NEC to the Capitol Limited to the California Zephyr. In addition to a standard piece of baggage, I'm also looking to take a few boxes, tied together, to carry a number of items to CO. As long as I keep this within...

Right. I'm not that concerned about the cake going stale. If it's properly sealed, that shouldn't be an issue. If I was going to just have the cake sitting on the seat next to me without any type of wrapping, then it would be a problem. I'm leaning toward making a single layer cake, leaving...

Hey, there's no such thing as too much chocolate.

That could work. Leaving it in the pan would give it extra stability and keep it in one piece. Thanks.

:lol: I'm thinking this may be a really bad idea that I should just abort, or just bring an unfrosted cake. The trip will be west, from Chicago to Colorado. The bulk of the trip will be in a roomette. It'll be in July, so I have to assume hot weather.

Because I'm kind of obsessive about making the whole thing myself, from scratch, and not using pre-made anything. But based on the responses, I'm wondering if it would work to just make the frosting at home, jar it, and then frost it there. That might be my best bet. Even if I don't have...