My girlfriend and I are thinking of moving to Portland, OR (long story) and this would be good and bad for when I travel back home to visit family.
Right now we have to board the Texas Eagle 421/420 from TUS to get to CHI and then the Pere Marquette into GRR. When/If we move, it'll only be the Empire Builder all the way from PDX to CHI, however currently doing a split AGR points and cash reservation from GRR to TUS isn't too bad, I can do a one-zone redemption to ELP and coach to TUS as it's just during the day.
Unfortunately, PDX to GRR would be two-zones, and the zone boundary is I believe Wolf Point, MT and it's right in the middle of the second day of travel...so one would have to spend a night in coach if they wanted to do a similar reservation as above.
There's probably no way around that fact though is there?
Right now we have to board the Texas Eagle 421/420 from TUS to get to CHI and then the Pere Marquette into GRR. When/If we move, it'll only be the Empire Builder all the way from PDX to CHI, however currently doing a split AGR points and cash reservation from GRR to TUS isn't too bad, I can do a one-zone redemption to ELP and coach to TUS as it's just during the day.
Unfortunately, PDX to GRR would be two-zones, and the zone boundary is I believe Wolf Point, MT and it's right in the middle of the second day of travel...so one would have to spend a night in coach if they wanted to do a similar reservation as above.
There's probably no way around that fact though is there?