Decided to surf late this evening in an effort to get my brain off business stuff. So I went to Amtrak.com, and began punching in imaginary trip requests. I figured this would also help me wargame Amtrak's yield management strategies.
Anyway, when I punched in an imaginary trip from Pittsburgh to Kansas City, MO -- uhh, err, make that Kansas City to Pittsburgh -- for June 14th, Arrow came back at me with the word that the Capitol Limited was sold out -- at least of coach seats.
Oddly enough, roomettes were still available.
This is only a guess, but I bet one could obtain a roomette without a coach seat reservation on the CL on the date in question, but it would have to be done by an individual Amtrak ticket agent who has hooks into Arrow the public lacks. How far am I off on this hypothesis?
Anyway, when I punched in an imaginary trip from Pittsburgh to Kansas City, MO -- uhh, err, make that Kansas City to Pittsburgh -- for June 14th, Arrow came back at me with the word that the Capitol Limited was sold out -- at least of coach seats.
Oddly enough, roomettes were still available.
This is only a guess, but I bet one could obtain a roomette without a coach seat reservation on the CL on the date in question, but it would have to be done by an individual Amtrak ticket agent who has hooks into Arrow the public lacks. How far am I off on this hypothesis?
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