Search results

Free cancelation if you can produce a doctors note.

Im pretty sure the family bedrooms I talked about earlier are going out empty the majority of the time next week. They aren’t even an upgradable room option. My opinion is Amtrak is fine with sleepers going out unsold. I’ve talked to attendants on many different trips who’ve said it’s not...

https://www.caltrain.com/media/29888/download peak trains ridership down 93 percent with no uptick in sight.

The typical sale the last few years on Sleepers has been “buy one, get one free” on the rail fare portion only. The sale draws a few articles from travel publications in addition to the mass emails Amtrak sends out, that all drums up some interest. Realistically it comes out to 5-10 percent...

Especially since they are going back to old verbiage of “First class”, sure traditional dining is “great” on the trains that actually have it but overall there’s nothing first class about Amtrak long distance travel. “Sleeper” more accurately describes it. I don’t think any Superliner sleepers...

I agree 100 percent we are free to spend our money anywhere we want. Where I think this will hurt Amtrak is long run, one and done passengers. The value/enjoyment factor isn’t there for repeat ridership. When the family room was $800 we did the trip 3 times a year consistently. Now it’s once a...

The pasta with the plant based meat out west has been a hit with us, even the kids like it.

I wonder if it was used for executive travel to from NOL? What other reasons could there be since service isn’t imminent?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/brightline-basecamp-inside-look-brightline-112338653.html

One thing that continues to stand out on the national network revenue side is the Sunset and Cardinal need to go daily. Nice report I’d like to see it audited and verified. What numbers if any jump out to you guys?

https://theauroragroup.org/

Agree with everything above and I will add Gardner was right there with him, if not calling the shots from behind the scenes. Coscia and the BOD are/were just as complicit. I really wish the minutes for this little discussion were on the record. The last sentience of the meeting minutes from...

No matter what some funds always get put into wrong priorities. My favorite one is when a company files bankruptcy one of the first court hearings is always to approve bonuses for the management. The same management that managed the company into bankruptcy get a bonus not to quit. Kind of the...

Maybe it’s my airline background but if heavy maintenance isn’t a 24/7 job it should be or at least 7 days a week, ( if labor is an issue). Either way this is a bad omen.

Its like a ghost town not one worker seen at all. Granted some people are probably inside but seeing no one at all just seems weird. He makes a comment in the video that it’s less busy than this time last year fwiw.

I have no issues with the prices except the kids meals. $20 for all kids meals. So a family with 2-3 kids pays $40-60 bucks. Our 3 and 5 year old nibble at most meals unfortunately. Thankfully we're able to be in the sleepers so it doesn't apply to us. That being said I think the ability for...

It’s interesting how this corridor that has been planned for over a decade doesn’t garner strong support from corridor oriented Amtrak. Yes, Amtrak “says” they will help push things along but from my friends, one of which is quoted in the above Feb 27th article they haven’t been much help...

I think at this point most everyone can agree “management” is Gardner AND the Board with Gardner being the mouthpiece for management as a whole. Amtrak has always been political but now it seems politicians are inside and running day to day operations more than ever. In the past the CEOs have...

I have a strong feeling we will be seeing the true side of Stephen Gardner the first time he’s in front of the new House committee. It won’t be a Amtrak friendly group like in the Senate. I expect him to throw the long distance network under the bus (or in this case the train) to save his neck...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spent-800-roomette-57-hour-110100099.html