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Thank you very much for all of the kind thought and suggestions that have been offered to me. I've made may booking and have a Family Bedroom on the SWC, an overnight in LAX (more likely in San Diego or elsewhere, as LAX doesn't do it for me) the a Family Bedroom on the CS in Jan 2025...

Trimetbusfan. You are an absolute star. From the hard work that you've put in, you've saved me MANY hours on the Amtrak website trying to find the information that I'm looking for, PLUS, you identified the days where Family bedrooms were heavily discounted

Cheers Mark I'll keep trying, but I'm not getting much luck so far !

I appreciate that it's a long way in the future and that fare buckets will change, on the random dates that I've looked at, for 2 people, I'm getting for the CS $1730 for 2 roomettes, $2006 for a bedroom & $1632 for a family bedroom, with me currently leaning towardsa family bedroom for the...

Thank you for the reminder about sleepovers. If I go EB from Sea to Chi, then SWC from Chi to Lax, I'll need a sleepover in Sea on my first night, Chi on my second night and then I can fly back from Lax at any time, with it being a 08.00 arrival. If I go SWC Chi to Lax, then CS from Lax to Sea...

Hmm Sharky Jnr has asked if EB followed SWC would be a good option !! (which is one that I could be easily persuaded to do)

I wouldn't really gain anything, as I'd still need to get a flight from DUB to MAN. I have a very peculier working regime where I work 7 days a week for 9 months, then have Dec, Jan & Feb off. If I miss all of the Christamas build up and Christmas BS, Mrs Sharky would emasculate me, then a...

That's a really valid suggestion and very relevant. From these examples, the FB on the TE are much better value than 2 x roomettes, but on the SWC, it's the Roomettes that work out much better than the FB. For fair comparison purposes, I tried to do as similar dates as possible, for Jan 2025...

It's all rather good fun weighing up the pros and cons ! SWChief to Coast Starlight has a buttock clenching 1hr 51 min connection in LAX, CS to EB has 1hr 5m in Portland - ouch ! When I'm playing the planning game, I'm looking at flights home for the following late afternoon/evening. I live...

Texas Eagle from LAS to CHI, overnight in CHI then Empire Builder to PDX or more likely SEA (better flight connections home). The TE makes this trip much easier on the pocket, plenty of travel time, plus the scenary of the EB to enjoy. With the TE leaving LAS at 10pm, its eminently doable to...

Thank you for all of your kind suggestions so far. My work arrangements mean that January really is the only option for me. We're looking at a long distance train trip and aren't bothered about stopping off en route to explore anywhere. Chicago to Seatte via the Texas Eagle and Coast...

Hello all This January, I flen in from England and I took the Cardinal from NYP to CHI, then connected through to the CZ. I travelled on my own in a Roomette and the trip was the best train journey I'd ever taken and one of the best things that I'd ever done. I enjoyed it so much, that I am...

I'd been planning my "big trip" since March 2023. Here's a summary of what happened, from the fingers of an Englishman taking his first LD Amtrak trip. 1) ARN (Arnside, South Cumbria, England) to LAN (Lancaster, Lancashire) early start on the Northern service. Sharing the train with lots of...

Santa Barbara Pier and Boardwalk is a nice way to spend a little time

Nope, it would be a straightforward trip from coast, without a stopover. With the top bunk being 6ft 2in long, that effectively kills the idea of doubling up for this trip. But it does open up the possibility of doing something similar for another time, but booking 2 roomettes instead.

NYP-CHI Card, CHI-SFC CZ I've booked the above trip in a roomette for Jan 24 for myself and I'm really looking forwards to it. Over a few beers in the pub last night, I mentioned to my son that Amtrak are now offering free companion tickets in roomettes, so my ticket could now become Buy 1...