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  1. F900ElCapitan

    Coast Starlight (11) cancelled again…at least on 9/11

    Well at least south of Sacramento, anyone know why? The full story is I was supposed to be on this train as part of a decent trip from Essex, MT to Portland to Los Angeles to Dallas. On train 11 portion I reserved 2 opposing roomettes for my wife and I so we could sightsee out either side and...
  2. F900ElCapitan

    Return to daily service, Feb 15 decision time

    Since it is approaching in less than a month, I thought it might be a good time to start a discussion. When Amtrak initially went to tri-weekly service, they established Feb 15 as the day in which they would start to evaluate June bookings (with a % formula form previous years) to re-establish...
  3. F900ElCapitan

    10-20+% accommodation fare increase?

    So I keep a fairly good eye on the long distance sleeper fares. It helps me when I’m ready to plan a trip. I ran through the prices this morning and am noticing a very substantial increase in sleeper fares. Most are up around 10%. I watch the Texas Eagle very regularly since it’s the easiest...
  4. F900ElCapitan

    Superliner lav odor

    So on my last trip, in addition to talking to a few other passengers , this has come up a few times. On our last leg on the Texas Eagle from Chicago to Fort Worth, when the A/C compressor would turn on, primarily the bedrooms would get a quick but strong lav odor. It wouldn’t last long but it...
  5. F900ElCapitan

    Last minute sleeper pricing

    So with my trip I’m on, I’ve been quite religious about checking prices for the LD trains on the current day and for the days of our trip. Over the last couple of months I’ve noticed a trend where unsold sleeper accommodations are being dropped to low bucket or the +1 level a few days before...
  6. F900ElCapitan

    Our Fall Trek FTW-CHI-SLC-EMY-SLO-SBA-LAX-CHI-SPI-FTW

    Yesterday 9/7 we started our trip in Fort Worth, 22 was on time and we’ve maintained pretty close to on time the whole trip. Our roomette is nice, we’ve gotten a few wiffs of bad odors but they’ve been short lived. The folks in the bedrooms have complained of lav smells being fairly consistent...
  7. F900ElCapitan

    AGR res computer mess up

    So, I have a long trip planned for next September. I used points for the last two long legs from LAX-CHI and SPI-FTW and wanted to reserve bedrooms. Originally I only had points for a roomette on the last leg (SPI-FTW) but with the BoA card 3 point promotion going on I acquired enough points to...
  8. F900ElCapitan

    Business Class in the west?

    Basically, my question is is it worth it? I’ll be riding the Coast Starlight, Pacific Surfliner, and Lincoln Service next year, and I’ve seen a couple of reviews but not many. So is it worth the money to upgrade on any of these trains? 
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