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There's some sound advice in the comments above. A lot depends on where you're flying into and where you intend visiting during your stay. My airlines of choice tend to be AA and AS because of my oneworld allegiance. Delta is good and would be my next choice. I don't fly United at all...

I'm glad it's not just me who has been having the zero points issue. I was speculatively looking at the app with a view to booking a CHI - NOL sleeper next year and saw the zero points for a bedroom rate. I did go through and book it. It gave me a booking reference and my AGR statement shows...

We had a crew change at UP’s Green River yard in Wyoming where we were allowed off for a fresh air break / leg stretch. I believe the other crew change is at Speer, WY.

The staff on the ground did a pretty good job at keeping us all informed of what was going on but they were just as frustrated I think, especially with the challenges around rebooking and the fact that the following day’s train was zeroed out. At the end of the day we did get where we were...

That’s certainly what we were told yesterday. Today’s planned detours via Wyoming have been cancelled with 6 terminating at Grand Junction and 1105 at Denver.

Thanks for the clarification! I’d totally forgotten about the Green River, UT station stop on the regular route. We finally made it into Denver around 8.45 pm yesterday so roughly 26 hours later than scheduled. Yesterday was the only detour. Today’s planned detours were cancelled yesterday...

As I am currently on train 6(11) just east of Green River I thought it useful to post a brief synopsis of yesterday’s fun and games with 6(10) and 1105(10) as there’s a lot of speculation and misinformation on another forum (which I read but won’t pay the subscription for)! My wife and I...

I think it will be interesting to see how ridership changes based on a reduced service frequency. I don't see it increasing, that's for sure. While people who take the train are perhaps less time-sensitive than those who fly they still probably don't have the sort of flexibility in their...

Thanks!! Really appreciate the confirmation. As you can see from the historic times, we incurred a further delay in AZ. The reason for this was a classic car on the tracks at Willcox, AZ. It was the town's Classic Car Rally and one of the drivers was apparently doing doughnuts on the grade...

Thanks! Not the most intuitive map I've ever used but it did seem to have what I was looking for. It would appear we most likely set back to Ontario, and then took the Metrolink route via Riverside, rejoining the normal route at Colton. Total speculation of course as I was asleep, and the...

Hello all, I am hoping someone can help with a routing query. I took the Texas Eagle from Los Angeles on Friday 5/22 and went to bed shortly after we departed Pomona. By the time we got to Tucson, AZ we were about two hours behind schedule. The conductor announced that this was because we'd...

So I thought it might be helpful to recount what happened in practice on my recent trip on the TE from Los Angeles to Chicago. Having boarded in LA and got settled the LSA stopped by our sleeper to say hello and also to give us our chits for the complimentary drinks. These were white seat tags...

Bugger! That's a bit unfair. Well, at least I'll probably get a 2nd one for free after San Antonio :)

Hopefully someone can answer a quick alcohol related question related to Flexible Dining (especially as I will be experiencing it for the first time tomorrow when I leave Los Angeles on the Texas Eagle to Chicago)? I'm assuming that when Amtrak says that the first one is on us they mean the...

Good to see I stirred quite a few people from their slumber with my comment about food making the sleeper more cost effective :) As Tricia mentioned above, depending on the fare bucket it's possible to find sleepers that are not significantly much more than the price of a coach ticket for the...

For me, I usually only travel coach for up to 3 - 4 hours. Anything longer than that would be a roomette if it's just a daytime trip (or overnight if just me travelling) or a bedroom if I'm with the wife. I prefer the isolation / comfort that the sleeper provides and, if you factor in meals...

I am booked on tomorrow's 422 from Los Angeles to Chicago and so I spoke with Amtrak about this. They say that the bus bridge was only in effect for train 1 / 2 as specifically mentioned on their Twitter feed and that subsequent services should operate normally throughout. I also spoke with UP...

I had one business class trip on the CS and it was hell, and that was mainly due to the staff member who was responsible for the business class car. The number of passengers who didn't complain could be counted on one hand. Anyway, that aside, I decided that for future trips from Sacramento to...

It was actually a very good trip. I was also on board from LAX to OKJ - my first time over Tehachapi. I think the Fremont delay may have been for a track warrant. The dispatcher had 18 leading whereas it was 188 and so the warrant was invalid and had to be cancelled and re-issued. In terms...