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Arriving lax over 8 hours late ... 1:35 pm Friday
Why???Arriving lax over 8 hours late ... 1:35 pm Friday
I’m booked on one ticket I believe, through to Seattle, my UK travel agent arranged it so I will get on to them and check, thanks.This train was a bit of an outlier, there’s a very good chance you’ll make your connection.
As for your question, do you have a single reservation for your whole trip to your final destination? If not, call Amtrak and have your reservations “cross-referenced.” Doing that or having a single reservation will provide you with a guaranteed connection. This way if you do miss the connection Amtrak will do the best they can to get you to your destination. It also depends on your final destination, if your going to San Luis Obispo or south of that, they’ll likely put you on a Pacific Surfliner. If you’re going north of Oakland, they’ll likely put you on a Amtrak bus to Bakersfield and then on a train through the Central Valley to connect back up with the Coast Starlight. If they have put you on a different routing, they are pretty good at refunding any accommodation charges that wouldn’t be available on the new route, ie sleeper room.
I’m booked on one ticket I believe, through to Seattle, my UK travel agent arranged it so I will get on to them and check, thanks.
Can’t believe trains can be 8 hours late - that would pretty well be enough time to get from one end of the UK to the other!
Fortunately, in my experience, there's a TON of padding in the Sunset/Texas Eagle schedule going into LA. When I rode it last year, I think we were 4+ hours late out of El Paso. By Maricopa, only 2 hours late. We arrived at LAX pretty close to on time. I went the other way this past April. Same thing...2 hrs late at Maricopa, 1 at El Paso, early at San Antonio.
<snip>It never occurred to me when booking that a 5 hour transfer time would be potentially insufficient.<snip>train
<snip>I’m also assuming/hoping you're booked on the Texas Eagle 421 coach or sleeper (and not connecting from 21 (Texas Eagle) to 1(Sunset Limited)).<snip>
In the past Amtrak have put people with broken connections on shuttles to catch up with the next train using highways and freeways instead.What if any assistance does Amtrak give to get delayed passengers on a through ticket onto the connecting train
Our trains can fall much further behind than a mere eight hours.Can’t believe trains can be 8 hours late - that would pretty well be enough time to get from one end of the UK to the other!
Thanks everyone. I finally have my ticket and yes I’m booked all the way from Austin to LA on the 421
However what I am now concerned about is that it appears to have been booked as a multi city trip. Although there is one reservation number and I am not intending to stop over in LA the ticket is headed “AUS - Multiple Cities. Multi-City Trip” Whilst the body of the ticket lists the two segments separately ie Austin to LA and then LA to Seattle. Reading the on line booking terms suggests this means I don’t have a guaranteed connection and am responsible if I miss the second train. Is this right?
I’m booked on one ticket I believe, through to Seattle, my UK travel agent arranged it so I will get on to them and check, thanks.
Can’t believe trains can be 8 hours late - that would pretty well be enough time to get from one end of the UK to the other!
I have a similar experience.Fortunately, in my experience, there's a TON of padding in the Sunset/Texas Eagle schedule going into LA. When I rode it last year, I think we were 4+ hours late out of El Paso. By Maricopa, only 2 hours late. We arrived at LAX pretty close to on time. I went the other way this past April. Same thing...2 hrs late at Maricopa, 1 at El Paso, early at San Antonio.
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