Everydaymatters
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Can I bring a coach passenger into the Acela Lounge? We will be in the same train from WAS to CHI. Will she be able to board from the Acela Lounge with me?
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Cho Cho Charlie
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From Amtrak website, "may bring immediate family members traveling together, or one, non-family guest."
Technically no but in many cases with a sleeper ticket they will most often allow two in.
Last month, I went to DC with my family, and we waited in the Club Acela for our MARC train home. I got admitted with my Select Plus card, the attendant included my wife and daughter without comment. Another time, my brother came to see me off in Chicago, he wasn't even going anywhere, and they let him hang out in the Metropolitan Lounge with me.
BCL
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Immediate family members are part of the club access with a card, regardless of travel I think passes include immediate family members or one guest. If there was a longue anywhere near me when I had Select Plus, I would have been using it a lot, even if just driving by and I wanted coffee.
The terms say one guest for ticketed passengers entitled to use of the longue.
Acela150
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Dennis, the rules of guests state that the person with a Sleeper or First Class ticket can bring one guest traveling on the same train regardless of accommodations. So in this case your incorrect.
- ClubAcela customers traveling in First Class or sleeping car accommodations, Single-Day Pass holders, Select Plus and Select Executive members may bring immediate family members traveling together, or one, non-family guest. Unaccompanied guests are not permitted.
Metropolitan Lounges
Metropolitan Lounges are available in Chicago - Union Station, Los Angeles - Union Station and Portland, OR - Union Station to sleeping car passengers, business class passengers with a same-day travel ticket (departure or arrival) and Amtrak Guest Rewards Select Plus or Select Executive members. Relax and enjoy comfortable, quiet lounge seating, complimentary non-alcoholic beverages, snacks and internet access. Attendants are available to assist with reservations, ticketing and local information.
slightly different rules for the different types of lounges
Everydaymatters
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Per the Amtrak site: "...customers traveling in First Class or sleeping car accommodations....may bring immediate family members traveling together, or one, non-family guest."
A bit confusing, I, in sleeper, would take this as meaning my friend, who is coach on the same train, can access the Acela in Was with me. If I am correct, it would seem that she could also board at the same time I do since she is with me.
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A bit confusing, I, in sleeper, would take this as meaning my friend, who is coach on the same train, can access the Acela in Was with me. If I am correct, it would seem that she could also board at the same time I do since she is with me.
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The big question is how will the Lounge Attendants react? If the Lounge is really full and there are very busy they may say no just because they don't want additional people or their mood is irritable due to being so busy, or it is just their personality.
I guess you can, its sort of like going to a buffet for dinner and sharing a meal with another person.
Everydaymatters
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I love the analogy.
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Say we arrive at NYP on a sleeper ticket and have to wait a few hours for our outgoing NER train to BOS. NOT an Acela. Are we entitled to use ClubAcela to wait?
Yes. I've done it twice, arriving from Miami and going to Boston. There were about 6 of us on one occasion.
It is actually pretty common to see connections in NY because 4 overnight LD trains originate there everyday, and the Cardinal 3 days.
