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In conjunction with the other Acela thread I posted, I was looking over the Acela fares and so on for WAS-NYP/NYP-WAS (I found some $122s, but nothing even close to what I snagged last week), and I found something odd. There seem to be 11 daily WAS-NYP Acelas but 12 daily NYP-WAS Acelas. I'm...

CSX apparently hit a car on the tracks so I'm on a bus to RVR. I was/will be on 186. Does anybody know when/where the crash happened? [I'd have just gone to RVR and skipped the bus but had no idea how things would play with e-tickets and so on.] Edit: Found the story. A truck hit the train...

It looks like a new...well, I can't call it a sale since it has an end date in 2025, but the bottom fell out on Acela fares. I'm showing $65 WAS-NYP with an RPA membership/$72 without one (add a few bucks to get full flex). NYP-BOS is showing up at $54 with RPA/$59 without (again, add a few...

One of those "what it says on the tin" things... Do I need to call someone to poke them to get the status bump to go through? This isn't entirely academic...I've got some upcoming legs, and the extra 50% bonus would probably be worth a couple hundred points.

Quoting the RPA Hotline Ride Private Varnish to The Fall Meeting in Meridian Rail Passengers Association Board Secretary Cliff Dunn is leading an effort to put together a private-varnish trip to our Meridian meeting in October and is taking reservations now. The trip, with full meal...

The only complaint I would offer on this is that VIA can't be bothered to scrounge up a pair of sleepers (say, some Chateau cars? I seem to recall that they have a few of those in storage?) to tag onto this route. Otherwise...it's a rural service run with a bunch of flag stops in the middle of...

I feel like a complete dolt asking this, but... I'm looking at a trip on the Acela in the next little bit. If I book now (and get the RPA discount), is that going to cause some sort of jam-up when I try to use an Acela First upgrade card? I'm horribly out of practice on this (thank you...

Last year, Virginia's DRPT announced a rough timeline of trains being extended into Virginia. The 2022 expansions (Roanoke #2 and Norfolk #3) went smoothly. The plan at the time was to extend a third train to Newport News in 2026, followed by four additional trains into Richmond in 2030. On a...

https://www.viapreference.com/en/program/changes-coming-in-2023?utm_campaign=vpptc_new&utm_medium=email&utm_source=vpp&utm_term=en&utm_content=New_VP_terms_conditions There are all sorts of issues in this - it looks like by going to a revenue-based system they garfed things up with taxes...

So, I'm going to be dropping back down to S+ at the end of February. As of right now, if I buy upgrade coupons they're 48-hour coupons. Once it's March, am I right in recalling that these would be 12-hour upgrade coupons if I buy them (with points)? I presume that once purchased, they're good...

I seem to be unable to upload an Excel document (I can add images or text documents, but not spreadsheets, it seems), but I have an updated version of my Ridership/Revenue file. It now has 20 [!] years of ridership data. If I could get a hand uploading the document here, I would appreciate it...

This is a two-part issue: (1) Amtrak's website doesn't seem to have train service to Burlington "loaded in" yet (I don't think the downtown station is loaded in as a destination). (2) More frustrating, there's a rail-bus combo [NYP-ALB on the train, ALB-Burlington on the bus], but even for...

Just called the AGR SE line. I'm on hold but...did they drop the hold music? [Also, there seem to be less "commercial" reminders than usual...though getting reminded to visit the now-non-existent separate website every minute or so is "special".]

So, as I recall from a few years ago, upgrade cards bought with points (the 5-for-10k that's now 4-for-10k) for Select Executive members were 48-hour cards, not 12-hour cards. The website doesn't break this out, so does anybody know one way or another? (With a little bit of luck I'll have TQPs...

Called in at 10 Eastern and got this message (and a divert to the normal line). (1) What's going on? (2) Is there some reason Amtrak can't at least preserve priority on the lines for high-tier members?

So, since thumbs are up hindquarters with respect to the Gare Central preclearance facility, I have to wonder if it wouldn't be feasible to just have the CBP folks get driven to Montreal, board the SB train, and run 99% of the customs checks en route, with the border stop only acting as a...

So, I've been in Acela First since Boston. We're at NYP, en route to WAS. The First car was shown as fully-occupied at some point (which I suspect will yet be the case)...but multiple seats have been empty all the way since BOS. I don't have a seating chart for what seats are occupied where...

I'm on 125 this morning, and the display in BC is advertising that the Railfone is at that end of the car. Just wondering, but how many years out of date is that message?

I called in tonight to tinker with a reservation and the message on calling was "As a reminder, Amtrak Guest Rewards agents are available from 6AM to 10PM Eastern seven days a week". Uh, no, guys...that's not a reminder, that's a change in the last few weeks that I didn't see an announcement...

I was checking the dates for upgrade card usability for dates over the next few weeks to make sure I wouldn't run afoul of something over MLK Day weekend (I didn't think I would, but stranger things have happened). As far as I can tell, the only blackout dates still applicable in 2020 are over...