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Planning a trip Los Angeles to San Francisco. I am a little confused how it works :) Where do we get off, etc. Any tips? What are our options? Any help is appreciated. I do not have a hotel yet, but we will either be near the Civic Center or Fisherman's Wharf area. Been many, many years...

Hello! I am trying to work out best use of my points, my new BofA card and time! Currently we have: 44,000 points on our account 50,000 points used for a trip - but thinking about using new cc to pay 20,000 points coming when I use my new CC We have a trip planned for April 2015. LAX to...

Hello! I had planned a huge trip 18 months ago for my daughter and I. It got out of hand and I cancelled it! Next summer, I want to try again with a slightly shorter trip and I am really confused how to best use our points. We will leave from Fullerton, CA. We want to spend time in Chicago...

Yay! FINALLY taking our first overnight trip! LAX to PDX. We have 2 bedrooms (my mom and my daughter and I).   Any tips on what to do when we get to the station? Where do we go, what do we do? I am so excited!! We will have bags to check in. How early can we check in? Is there any special...

Trying to decide how to spend some points! Part of our trip includes the Lake Shore Ltd NYP to CHI. I have reserved (and paid for) a roomette for my daughter and I. The amount I paid was $389. Now, I have enough points to get a bedroom, which is 30,000 points. Is it worth the cost? To...

Here is a link to a cute video with some good tips for train travel: please try this UPDATED link:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/man-struck-killed-amtrak-train-northridge.html

Thank you everyone for your help and posts in using AGR! I had our trip planned and PAID $4,368 for it. Today, I used points for the beginning and ending of the trip (which cost me 80,000 points - 4,000 rebated right back in due to Chase card) and ended up paying only $956 total for our trip...

I have been planning and checking and thinking about this "little" trip for quite awhile. We started with going to Savannah, then added on the Florida part and it just keeps growing! So last night, my very tired 10 year old started asking some questions about the trip and was getting sort of...

Just going over our itinerary and noticed that we have a close to 7 hour layover in WAS. When I checked online, I see there is another choice and I am curious why the agent would not have booked that one instead? Any ideas? We are booked on the SIlver Meteor, in a bedroom. Any experience on...

Wondering if there is a set time for meals for sleeper pax? Not sure what to plan while not on the train, and of course, better to eat there if paid for already, than eat elsewhere!

I could not find this info on the website, but is the Coast Starlight from LAX to PDX just rated as a single zone? Considering a trip around the end of the year. Now with the special being offered, I could buy 10,000 points and get 5,000 free so that, combined with other points I have, is...

I have been enjoying this forum so much! I watched some youtube videos last night and am so grateful that I am able to plan a train trip. I knew I always loved the train (even when I am stuck for 15 minutes in traffic due to freight cars going through my town!!). I cracked up at the term...

I made our reservations a couple of weeks ago. It is all on one reservation. We are going: FUL-ORL ORL-SAV SAV-WAS WAS-NYP NYP-FUL The total price I paid was $4,312.90 I called in today because I wanted to break it up into separate reservations for each segment, for 3 reasons: (1) to...

Trying to plana trip with my husband and daughter. He is worried about feeling confined in the bedroom and was wondering where else he can sleep if he wakes up and needs to get out a bit. Is the observation car open 24 hours? What about the cafe? If he decided to go into coach late night, I...

I am curious about the bedding in the sleepers. We will be spending 8 nights on trains and I am curious about the bedding and comfort of beds! We will sleep in both roomettes & bedrooms on superliners & viewliners. I will bring our own pillows and also travel blankets (which I do even when I...

I have booked our trip for next summer. We will be travelling from FUL to ORL and then back (with stops in SAV, WAS, NYP). I paid for the whole trip with one reservation. My question is. As I gather points, can I call in and spend them for segments of the above trip? Will the whole...

Heading downtown LA for some shopping fun, and was thinking about stopping in at Union Station for another peek at the SWC. It is due in this am, and due to depart late in the evening. Does it just spend the while time right there? I would like to see if we can get another look at it, and...

OK..taking a trip next summer. Had planned to make reservations this month and just be done with it. Then I looked into the AGR program and went ahead and applied for the credit card. So, my points right off will be: 12,000 for getting the card 6,000 I can transfer from my Hilton account...

It is getting close to time for me to start buying our train tickets! I am confused if it is better to order the whole thing, round trip, multi city trip, or to purchase "legs". We will be going from LAX to CHI to WAS to ORL to SAV to NYP and back to LAX. or maybe LAX to ORL to SAV to WAS to...