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Hi - traveling w my 8 year old son from Washington Union to NY Penn station in about a month and have transferred points over to AGR to redeem for a free trip. I'm wondering - should I select BC on NER (13K points) or BC on Acela (16K points)? This 3K points is only about $30 in redemption $$ so...

All - I am traveling in October from DC->NY Penn station on NER business class with a child. It will be only my 2nd amtrak trip, and first out of DC and into NYC. What advice do you have? I have read that boarding is a nightmare at Union Station and I should use the Red Caps. Where do I find...

When I booked my CZ AGR trip I specified EMY as the destination instead of SFW (fisherman's wharf). Does this mean that I won't be able to board the thruway bus in EMY? What are my options? Can I change the AGR reservation or is that not doable? Other options I see.... -cab, pretty expensive...

I'm a first timer. Question - one of my kids has bed wetting issues. We're taking the cz in late April for two nights. Hopefully we won't have issues, but if so, what are the best suggestions? Bring absorbent bed pads? Ask the SCA for new sheets? Maybe even give him a heads up when we board?

Taking the California Zephyr with kids in a few weeks. I had a few questions....first time to Chicago & first time on Amtrak. 1 - I have the emailed boarding document from when I made my AGR reservation using points on my smart phone/email. Do I only need to show them my smartphone? Should I...

I have an AGR account & amtrak.com account. Supposedly they're linked. I have an AGR existing reservation with the PDF sent to my email already, and so on. But the reservation doesn't come up in amtrak.com. I get this message in amtrak.com when trying to retrieve the AGR reservation: Problem...

All - I'm new to Amtrak, and therefore new to AGR as well. I have signed up for Chase Sapphire Preferred card for the 40K points, and was planning on immediately transferring the 40K points to AGR when they post to my account (maybe not until Late Feb/Early March?) and then using the 40K points...

I have these options of flying into Chicago for a CZ trip. A) 11:15am arrival to Ohare B) 7:50am arrival to Midway The CZ leaves at 2pm. I've never ridden any Amtrak, let alone been to Union Station in CHI. Questions I have are: 1) What time would be safe to arrive? Would the 11:15am to...

I've looked at a bunch of pictures online & youtube videos but wanted to take a poll from the experienced folks on this board. I'll have myself and two boys (10 yo, 7 yo) on a superliner (California Zephyr) and am trying to decide if I book a family bedroom or "normal" bedroom. It looks like a...

Pondering a once-in-a-lifetime father/sons trip for the spring (April/May) and am looking into the Zephyr. The kids are 10 & 7 (two boys). I have some questions that I know folks here can answer.... 1) Are the detours for the Zephyr still in place from September flooding, or is the original...