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Will I have any problem booking a pair of roomettes, paying for one while using points for the second, when I've got an adult, a 13yo, and a 10yo? Ideally, the roomettes would be near each other, though I'm concerned that that might be difficult because we want to travel in, like, five or six...

Is there any way I can do this? I have three people (two are kids, though one pays adult fare on Amtrak now, at age 13) traveling, each of us has an AGR account, and I've got an AGR MC. Each of the kids has 544 points. I've got 10,963 points, and have already bought 10,000 (actually 13,000-...

I've ridden this route many times, in a sleeper and in coach, but always to a non-manned/no-baggage station. This trip I've booked one station further so we can check some bags, as we're moving down there soon so this is a way to bring some of our easier to pack stuff... But anyway, I'm...

Anyone been on the CS really recently and know what DVDs they might have? Back in August, the afternoon family movie was Toy Story 3 (or 2? My kids can't remember), and the evening movie was 42 (which I didn't watch, but watched a week later at home!)... hoping they've gotten something else for...

This is, perhaps, a somewhat specialized situation... but maybe someone here knows. I don't get along really well with the telephone but will call if I need to... if only I could trust what an agent tells me on the phone! ;) So, I have 5660 AGR points, which is enough to buy a coach ticket...

I don't know if this is interesting to anyone in the universe other than me, but yesterday's #14 (left Los Angeles Saturday morning) had to do a bit of a shuffle south of Portland, onto what I presume is a dead-end siding because there was a freight in the other siding, so that the southbound...

My search fu is utterly failing me tonight, so I resort to posting the request: I am considering taking the Coast Starlight from Seattle to Los Angeles next week with my two smallish children (ages 5 and 8). My budget is painfully limited, leaving my choices to: Amtrak, coach, or flying. Amtrak...

Have I missed where someone posted these two pieces of news? 1/20/2008 Slide Cuts Amtrak Line OAKRIDGE, Ore. - A Sunday mudslide covered railroad tracks in the Cascade mountains, disrupting rail service. The weekend slide happened in a remote area near Oakridge, about 55 miles southeast of...

So, I fully understand bucket pricing. Or so I thought. What I don't understand, now, is actual pricing I see on the Amtrak site. I'm looking at the Coast Starlight, Seattle to LAX. I put in 8 Adults, so I can study room availability. On December 11, there are two family bedrooms available...

So, I just got a little GPS (Garmin Etrex Venture Cx), and we're leaving on the Coast Starlight from Seattle in a couple of days. I was wondering if anyone knows of a downloadable file with waypoints for points of interest (stations, cool things to see, etc) along the route. I found this...

When we rode the Coast Starlight a year ago March, we spent a fair amount of time in the kiddie car/play room- it was run down and dingy, but allowed my small kids some space to move. This year March, though, the kiddie car was gone, but I note that Amtrak's web page for the Coast Starlight...

Me again, with the kids and the Coast Starlight trip, yadda yadda, leaving this weekend, then you'll be done with me. Anyone have any recommendations for maps to take with us, for following our route? Do the AAA state maps have enough detail/show the train tracks?

So, I'm taking a trip, me and two little kids, on Sunday. I had originally booked coach seats, but last week, with encouragement from here, reserved a Roomette, all fine, I'm happy with it. So, in the meantime, I've been watching pricing, trying to figure out what the various bucket pricings...

Well, this isn't really going to help the west coast Amtrak on-time record, huh? SF Gate Story