We are planning trip Cleveland to New Orleans in the fall 2008 and wanted to use some of the Reward Points we have accumulated. Wife has enough points for one zone sleeper, so we are considering getting two coach seats to TOL and then using 15,000 points for roomettes TOL-NOL via CHI.
On return trip we wanted to take Crescent to NYP and then LSL home to Cleveland. Each time I tried to book that trip Amtrak sends me on the Capitol back to Cleveland from New York instead of Lake Shore. Only way I could make this work is to book to Erie, PA, then it will send me on the LSL. We could do this by just getting two coach tickets from Erie to CLE, about a three hour trip. Hate to switch out of our nice comfy sleeper in the middle of the night in Erie. Wanted to make this a 2 zone points ride with my 20,000 points.
Is this the only way to make this work or will the agent let us go on to Cleveland via LSL without the switchover?
Thanks for all your advice
On return trip we wanted to take Crescent to NYP and then LSL home to Cleveland. Each time I tried to book that trip Amtrak sends me on the Capitol back to Cleveland from New York instead of Lake Shore. Only way I could make this work is to book to Erie, PA, then it will send me on the LSL. We could do this by just getting two coach tickets from Erie to CLE, about a three hour trip. Hate to switch out of our nice comfy sleeper in the middle of the night in Erie. Wanted to make this a 2 zone points ride with my 20,000 points.
Is this the only way to make this work or will the agent let us go on to Cleveland via LSL without the switchover?
Thanks for all your advice
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