I never really thought about this before so I wanted to ask to see if my assumptions are reasonable.
I am traveling with a party of 3 (myself plus 2) and an infant in a Bedroom for a daytime trip on the Coast Starlight. As we are traveling with the infant, someone would need to be watching him at all times. Is it possible to make a meal reservation for 2 and a separate meal reservation for 1 at a different time? I would assume that it would be, however I've only ever had 2 people total in a Bedroom and we always had the meals in our room or made a reservation and ate at the same time.
I just wanted to run it by everyone to see if anyone has had a similar experience. I know some have had issues with 3 people receiving meals on a reservation, however all the phone agents mentioned 3 people should without my asking (actually it as more like be sure to get the 3 meals per meal period as you are paying for them in the price of the ticket!). I'm less concerned with that as if there is a problem in that regard I'm fine just paying for the meals for 1 and contacting customer relations with the information if there is any dispute about it.
My main concern would be having the ability to have two separate reservations for Lunch and Dinner or having two people eat in the Dining/Parlour car and the third having an in-room meal.
I am traveling with a party of 3 (myself plus 2) and an infant in a Bedroom for a daytime trip on the Coast Starlight. As we are traveling with the infant, someone would need to be watching him at all times. Is it possible to make a meal reservation for 2 and a separate meal reservation for 1 at a different time? I would assume that it would be, however I've only ever had 2 people total in a Bedroom and we always had the meals in our room or made a reservation and ate at the same time.
I just wanted to run it by everyone to see if anyone has had a similar experience. I know some have had issues with 3 people receiving meals on a reservation, however all the phone agents mentioned 3 people should without my asking (actually it as more like be sure to get the 3 meals per meal period as you are paying for them in the price of the ticket!). I'm less concerned with that as if there is a problem in that regard I'm fine just paying for the meals for 1 and contacting customer relations with the information if there is any dispute about it.
My main concern would be having the ability to have two separate reservations for Lunch and Dinner or having two people eat in the Dining/Parlour car and the third having an in-room meal.