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Same for me. I'm 65 (going on 66) but still working, so I usually have far better things to do with my free time than answer surveys. I did spring for FNBO's AGR credit card when it became available (Fall 2022), though, and that has been far more productive for earning AGR points. I mostly...

And Mr. "Grounded Life" measures all of those top bunks, so viewers (esp. men) will have a better idea of how comfortable they will be for taller passengers.

I am that proverbial "lady of a certain size", and I sing at church twice a month -- but Amtrak doesn't listen to me! :(

When the hubby and I were going to ride the Lincoln Service/Missouri River Runner to its endpoint at Kansas City a couple months ago, I found a PDF of the schedule which included a route map of the Missouri River Runner portion. Very "Department of Tourism", with a brief paragraph on the major...

When the hubby and I were planning a round trip on Amtrak's California Zephyr earlier this year (more or less similar duration roundtrip as the Canadian one-way), we planned to bring just one duffel bag each (plus my purse and a zippered crochet project bag for me), pack enough underwear for the...

As someone who used to board Amtrak's Empire Builder in the middle of the night (and always 3 hrs. late) at Fargo, ND to get home from college, and who currently lives in a small town which very nearly counts as a "flag stop" on Amtrak's Lincoln Service, I can certainly empathize with rural BC...

Sounds a little like Slumbercoach that Amtrak had back in the day. (I rode Slumbercoach in the Lake Shore Limited back in the early 80s. I had a double Slumbercoach compartment to myself, but the single Slumbercoach compartments were on 2 levels.)

I had thought about redeeming AGR points for gift cards to help with Christmas shopping, but decided to wait until the issue with disputed transactions (from a Facebook scam in August!) had finally been resolved. My November statement showed a credit (and some AGR points deducted) for the...

There were no assigned seats in BC on the Lincoln Service/Missouri River Runner when the hubby & I rode it in October (and only 1 free drink/BC passenger). In fact, we weren't able to sit together until a passenger who had boarded at an earlier stop got off at Bloomington, IL (about 1 hour...

And maybe just a salad as the only appetizer option at supper, instead of the 3 appetizer options at dinner on the Western LD trains.

You will get more storage space inside a Viewliner roomette than you would in a Superliner roomette. Thank goodness your travel plans gave you a choice!

Which station is CVS?

Sushi gyros with lots of rice (so similar to a taco or burrito from Chipotle or Qdoba, except for the protein)? ;)

Reminds me of the scene at the end of the film "A Christmas Story" where the neighbors' dogs ate the roast turkey, so the family ends up eating roast goose for Christmas dinner at a Chinese restaurant -- the only place in town open that day.

Hopefully Amtrak fed you supper after you boarded the Cardinal.

Assuming CL = Cardinal, I believe that train uses Viewliner cars.

The Entenmann's version was sold in an 8" square foil pan inside a cardboard box, but I'm sure the taste would have been similar. Walmart around here also sells a "gooey butter cake" in their bakery department, and that comes in smaller portions, so a bit closer to the linked product on Amazon.

Our local supermarket used to sell something called "St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake" (made by Entenmann's), which sounds similar to Amtrak's Butter Cake. The Gooey Butter Cake was sold alongside the other packaged breakfast pastries, and probably at least some people in my hometown warmed it...

I didn't see anything about at-seat delivery being free for mobility-impaired passengers in the linked article from The Points Guy; of course, it would be nice to see the official text of the announcement from Amtrak itself. At-seat delivery ought to be free for mobility-impaired passengers...

I'd love to see this expanded to Midwest Corridor trains, too! At least the "order from your phone" part. Unless one has mobility issues, getting up and walking to the Cafe Car is useful exercise -- even in a car which is split Business Class/Cafe.