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I received the cards. Everything is right. I run a tight ship, which is why the sloppiness of this whole deal bugs me. Shades of Wells Fargo. As to BofA? Frankly, I'm way more than happy to sever the relationship if that's the deal here. We had to keep an account with 'em as residue of an...

Interesting. I have received nothing from BofA. Not a thing. Logged into BofA last night and everything looks "normal". I would at least expect a notification there. I will say that actually getting to talk to a person in their customer service was quite the exercise. From what y'all are...

I just contacted BofA. The rep didn't have any specific information about their AGR card, but said to expect correspondence from them about a replacement card and that the CC side of account would not be summarily terminated. Apparently this whole transition is being handled very clumsily. I...

I will add that what infuriates me is there is absolutely no mention I can find anywhere about what happens to the BofA card. The expiration date on mine is in 2024. I can make the assumption that it is still a valid card, the only change (as mentioned in this thread previously) is it no longer...

I just received our cards. Considering we haven't traveled Amtrak for years due to very poor treatment even before COVID, we don't need the points, nor did we need another credit card account. IMPORTANT TO KNOW: Do NOT call the 855 activation number if you wish to decline the card. It's...

No problem at all on our last CS-SL connection, even with a reroute through Bakersfield/Tehachapi for UP track work on the Coast. For that matter, I think we pulled into LAX ahead of schedule. Another trip on the SL we were coming up from San Diego, and were informed thankfully with enough...

Have you traveled with Amish who frequent the SWC? They get off/on the train at RAT or ABQ, then ferried to Mexico for discounted medical care. When you're seated next or even across from them in the diner, you discover they are shy but nice folks, but that they also do not believe in deodorant...

If anybody cares... correlating the amtrak.com schedules to day of week, apparently the "change" on #391 is M-F only, and I am pretty sure it's for a track maintenance window. CN has been replacing ties. Haven't seen a bulletin on amtrak.com about the variable schedule, but maybe I'm not looking...

The Saluki/Illini (CHI-CDL) trains have also had a schedule adjustment in the past couple of weeks, although it looks like the only train affected was 391. It was moved to about two hours earlier, departing CHI @ 6:15. It still runs an hour late into CDL per the new schedule, doubtless again due...

I wouldn't worry this. The San Diego station is an iconic landmark, tourist draw and already developed as a local transportation hub. And lots of passenger traffic! Developer may remodel the interior - tho' I hope without messing too much with the architecture - with the idea of leasing the...

[sigh] Most of the buttons don't work for me; the site is all but useless. This is like other recently (over-)designed sites these days that don't work on my browser config. I think in my case there must be javascript functions I have blocked because they are tools "the bad guys" use to tunnel...

Thank you. I'm an idiot, evidently. I checked the sched on the fridge and, yeah, 1:45 it is. Was I looking at DQN? OK, so Amtrak is NOT going to be overpromising what it couldn't deliver anyways. It still says 12:16 for CEN, and you can count on it being here 1:10 or later. Haven't looked at...

And equally relevant: Exactly right. If people in CHI (or via CHI) think they're going to hop on #391 for a quickie day trip to CDL for the eclipse, they have some bad news coming. 391 is scheduled into CDL at 12:45pm, which should be just in time for the 1:20pm totality. Not going to happen...

Well, that's an excellent suggestion, and result. Maybe I should do exactly that and give 'em a chance to redeem themselves. Sarah, the way the credit scoring system works these days, most experts advise against closing idle accounts, as it hurts about 10-20 points for a while. I think the...

Cutting to the chase (...pun intended...), it looks like the BofA version of the rewards card is leaving my wallet and heading to the desk drawer to gather dust. In the several years we had the AGR card under both banks, we would funnel our entire life spending through the cards to accumulate...

Your conclusion is doubtful. We know how to drive cross-country and have done so many times, including coast-to-coast. The #1 rule is to avoid the dense, truck-laden Interstates whenever possible or reasonable, a/k/a "shun-piking". We have several efficient non-interstate routings to get us...

Last report I read was they were already picking things up, so apparently the NTSB gave them the OK to clear the site. My concern now would be the cars out of service for repairs and inspections. They don't have a lot of spares lying around.

Considered that, but the issue is the limited service hours, and then the heaviness of the fare. Given the limited resources on the train, I'm completely sympathetic that the dining car crew can't be open-ended on either menu or hours. Plus we try to be as small a burden to the SCA as possible...

First of all, this is not an "I hate Amtrak!" rant. We're both railfans, we love LD train travel and what Amtrak tries to be, but it's becoming clearer train travel in its current incarnation doesn't love us back. After our experiences last week are taken in combination with numerous similar...

Nearly all the "headline" pictures show the four coaches on their sides, after the lounge. There were four coaches on our train - 4(8) - last week. Latest news is discovery of evidence that there may have been an unreported motor vehicle collision with the rail.