dan72
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I'm curious as to how others may handle this situation. I am taking the Empire Builder from St. Paul to Chicago on 9/26 and connecting with the City of New Orleans to New Orleans that evening. Given the current OTP situation with the EB, I don't have much confidence right now that I would make the connection--especially since there are reports that it could be up to a year before things are straightened out in North Dakota.
While I realize that this is a guaranteed connection and if it was missed I would put up in a motel, meals, rebooked, etc., I don't want to lose having a roomette on the CONO. I'm thinking of making a back-up reservation for 9/27 for CHI to NOL and monitor things over the next 6 weeks (the bucket looks pretty low yet). If it looks like OTP on the EB is the same, then I'll probably drop my CHI-NOL for 9/26, plan an overnight stay in Chicago and board the CONO the next evening. If the EB's OTP improves drastically, then I'd drop the back-up reservation.
Anyway, I'm curious as to what others would do and if there are any other ideas to consider. Thanks!
Dan
I'm curious as to how others may handle this situation. I am taking the Empire Builder from St. Paul to Chicago on 9/26 and connecting with the City of New Orleans to New Orleans that evening. Given the current OTP situation with the EB, I don't have much confidence right now that I would make the connection--especially since there are reports that it could be up to a year before things are straightened out in North Dakota.
While I realize that this is a guaranteed connection and if it was missed I would put up in a motel, meals, rebooked, etc., I don't want to lose having a roomette on the CONO. I'm thinking of making a back-up reservation for 9/27 for CHI to NOL and monitor things over the next 6 weeks (the bucket looks pretty low yet). If it looks like OTP on the EB is the same, then I'll probably drop my CHI-NOL for 9/26, plan an overnight stay in Chicago and board the CONO the next evening. If the EB's OTP improves drastically, then I'd drop the back-up reservation.
Anyway, I'm curious as to what others would do and if there are any other ideas to consider. Thanks!
Dan