Recent content by Cristian

I gave the OP originally the suggestion to get off at BUR (1 hour driving time away from Huntington Beach) in his other thread due to the fact that he wanted a rental car, and by the time his train would arrive at LAUS, those rental car offices would be closed. The train station is within...

Same with the CS, bedrooms prices just on high bucket for the entire month of June at least...

And on the topic of bedroom usage by SCAs - I've had one trip on the EB where the SCA kept trying to make me move downstairs to H after I remarked to her that bedroom A is slightly smaller than the rest. To quote her: "You can go downstairs to H which is much bigger, I used bedroom A on the...

I've never had issues with the sheets - always have been clean. That being said, however, in all my recent travels in the sleepers, with the exception of one ride in the CS, all the blue blankets that sit on top of the sheets have had hair other than mine on it....i.e. long blonde hairs, etc...

Hi Alan, In the LA Subway system the controls are on the left-hand side and that's where the driver sits. There are some subways in Europe (could be in other places as well but haven't been everywhere *yet* :) ) where the controls and the driver sit in the center of the cab. Also, on the LA...

We were on the same train :) I boarded in PDX on the 17th and went to MSP where I got off and boarded the PVs that were attached to our train. There was some very, very rough track in those areas that's for sure.

The PPC offers a limited choice menu (usually 2 selections for breakfast, 2 for lunch and 2 for dinner) and if the train is full enough it is not uncommon to have it run out of food there. The menu changes from time to time, here are some of the items I've had there: Breakfast: Fresh fruits...

I would not bring as many clothes as I thought I'd need initially.

Oh I see... Well, mine was the inconvenience one. So I'll keep my fingers crossed that the other half posts as well. (that's the part where I did an onboard upgrade so I'll have to wait & see.) Those triple points are adding up quickly... :)

I recently used a voucher to pay for my trip and have received credit already for the second part of the trip; the first part has yet to be posted. Are there different types of vouchers of which some allow AGR points and some do not?

YMMV on the upgrade based on what mood the conductor is in, if there is a full moon that night, etc. I recently upgraded to a bedroom for $61

Breakfast - usually I go for pancakes, unless I'm on the CS, where I'd go for one of the options in the PPC. Lunch - the salad loaded with everything if I'm not too hungry, or perhaps the curry chicken. Dinner - I'm in love with the Asian spare ribs on the CS yummmm! and also the bison meat...

I am the definition of a "non-morning person" so I tend to have breakfast around last call, as a result pushing my other meal times as late as possible since I have to walk around the train a good couple of times in order to get exercise and make myself hungry :) I have never had a situation...

The new Marriott at LA Live/Downtown is a short cab ride away (5-7 minutes) from LAUS if you're looking for a true 4 star hotel. Also, if you have an iPhone you can install the HotelTonight app and you might get some pretty nice deals - the only catch is that you have to wait until noon on the...

Could you please elaborate on that loophole, as I was looking at the zone map and the way I read it MKE and CHI are in the same zone.