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We did this last December, dropped the car at the Kalispell airport and got an Uber to Whitefish. The cost was $29.23. Hours (and lack of after-hours returns) and prices seem to force me to use airport car rental locations frequently, even when it doesn't make the most sense geographically.

I have an "electronic Transportation Voucher" for $200 as compensation for a really late train. Now that I try to use it, I see it has some rather extreme restrictions. Any tips on getting around this? I don't normally take long-distance/sleeper trips. I was planning on using it for a few...

I boarded 305 today, got to the lounge before the time stated on the lounge pass (4:40 for a 5:15 train). My wife asked a desk attendant if they had boarded our train yet. Attendant didn't know. A few minutes later, wife asked again and got the customary "I already made the announcement"...

I'll be canceling my Chase Amtrak card ASAP. I always see comments about how your credit score is affected by these minor changes, but I don't understand why I should be concerned? As a guy with a fine credit score who's not planning on buying anything major anytime soon, why would it matter...

I know business class passengers are entitled to use the Metropolitan Lounge in Chicago, and I frequently do so. But here's my question: I frequently take day trips to Chicago on the Illinois Service. If I arrive in the morning on business class from STL, then depart on coach that evening...

MLB started requiring walk-thru metal detectors in all parks this season, but Wrigley was given a waiver (due to renovations) to continue the old security screenings. The walk-thru metal detectors will start there next year, I believe.

There's ample free parking at Effingham. I parked overnight there for one night last fall with no issues.

The help is much appreciated. I have a follow-up, however. Assuming the CZ is late, and my spouse and I have to be put on a later Illinois Service train from CHI-STL. Business class will likely be unavailable (it always seems to sell out early). But one thing I've noticed riding the CHI-STL...

Thanks for the responses and tips, everybody.

Greetings, I've traveled quite a few times on AGR points and dealt with lateness, but I've yet to have to deal with a missed connection from an LD train. So with that in mind, I've got a couple trips coming up this summer where I transfer from an LD train to a St. Louis-bound train (both in...

I've never heard of that airport car rental restriction mentioned, and I rent from airport locations frequently without flying into said airport. It seems nearly every city in America, the airport location is the only one with decent hours. Non-airport locations frequently have hours almost as...

Looks like all the trains on the STL-CHI corridor are 5-6 hours late. Does anyone have any idea how much improvement we can expect tomorrow? I can handle 2-3 hours late (on a five-hour trip). Five or six hours and I'd rather just cancel. I don't need to get there that badly.

Train 302 is 4:18 late north of Bloomington. I'm scheduled to take that train tomorrow. Any thoughts on what's causing the delays (cold, snow, or freight) and whether tomorrow will be any better? It's a leisure trip, so I can cancel. Return Thursday, and I'm assuming (maybe stupidly) things...

I'm not nearly as much of an Amtrak veteran as most of you on here. I've traveled in coach a lot, but only a couple times in a sleeper. All of my sleeper trips were one nighters, where I boarded late at night (bed already ready). It seems the only interaction I ever have with the sleeper car...

I was on that train friday night. The reason for it's late departure from chicago, according to the south bend station manager, was because 60 or so people were connecting from the late empire builder to the capitol limited.

I have tickets from South Bend-NYP via the Capitol Limited and Northeast Regional. I've decided to hop off in Philadelphia and spend a couple days there. I already purchased additional PHL-NYP tickets with AGR points. Someone tell me if I'm understanding my luggage options correctly. Option...

I have a trip booked in a few weeks from South Bend to Washington, DC, departing on a Saturday night. It's an AGR trip with a roomette. Now I'm thinking about moving my departure up a day to Friday night to avoid the uncertainty. If I were to depart on Saturday and be bustituted, would I be...

I just didn't think Amtrak was subject to local liquor laws. The logistics are mind-boggling. If some town of 200 people in rural Texas that happens to be located along the train tracks (but not at a stop) passes some new liquor law, somebody in Amtrak corporate has to be aware of this? Texas...

I recall a post on here at some point claiming that Amtrak is subject to the same laws as airlines, that alcohol is allowed even traveling over/through dry areas. I find this extremely odd. When the Texas Eagle travels through Texas with its many dry counties (and even dry voting districts), is...

I parked in the Crown Center garage for a week a couple years back for an Amtrak departure. It's a block or two from Union Station and connected by an elevated walkway. Not sure if this is still the case, but at the time, the garage was unstaffed on weekends, so it was free. I'm cheap and...