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I was on 80 this morning from CLT to GRO. I’m happy we had business class tickets. When I walked into the Charlotte station, it was packed like a sardine can. Solo coach riders, had no choice but to make a friend on Amtrak today. No seat hoarding. Took 73 home. Got out to my car, and people...

Yeah they've been tossing fish there as far back as I can remember. The Starbucks always makes me shake my head in disappointment. I've always chalked it up to those being the same people who go to NYC and eat at Olive Garden in Times Square. Or Chili's, TGI Fridays, Red Lobster, Applebee's, etc.

It's not you. It's been like that for a couple of days now.

Well do you really want the proletariat in the sleeper cars? 😁 I agree it is sneaky.

Once the Crescent gets it's diner back, I will take a chance and go back to booking it again, and keep my fingers crossed the train doesn't get delayed in the Bermuda Triangle.

It's a wonderful thing.

CFPB might be able to get FNBO to throw you a bone. Best outcome would be they open the card back up.

Yeah it is confusing. Unless it's changed, all you have to do is literally earn or burn 1 AGR point for Amtrak to keep your account and points alive for 24 months. Does not matter how you earned the 1 point. Points earning and burning resets the clock every time. If the OP didn't ride a train...

I'm surprised it took FNBO 22 months to close a card that had no activity on it. I've held various cards over the years backed by FNBO, and it's standard operating procedure for FNBO in particular to close inactive cards much sooner than 22 months. It's buried in their terms and conditions...

I live in Charlotte. I'm currently sitting on Select Plus. I'm within ear shot of Select Executive. I don't need Executive, but since I'm so close, I'm gonna get it through credit card spend. More personal ego thing than anything else to achieve it. All I care about is lounge access along the...

I would like to see what this new fare scheme will mean for sleepers. Here's looking at you Crescent. I kind of doubt much. As far as coach is concerned, and how it effects me. My beloved Carolinian and NC supported Piedmonts are not exactly hurting for ridership. Ridership is steadily...

@OmahaRoad Welcome!

Not every thing you see in the public sphere is the only fares available for a given seat, date, time, airline, etc.

Many airlines do the same thing. There are many tools people use to find the lowest airfare for business class and first class. Recently some have received cease and desist letters from the air carriers. This is not a cat and mouse game unique to just Amtrak.

Traditional dining is certainly better than a heated up Swanson. I do enjoy the flatiron steak, given the environment in which it is sourced, prepared, and served. When it comes to steak, the wife and I are suckers for old school steakhouses and their ambience. Under that context, the AmSteak...

Correct. There is no limit.

I've been a regular Crescent rider for the last few years. More times than not, we had no choice but to eat in our rooms for all meals. A few times we got to eat breakfast in the cafe. During breakfast, the cafe car was closed off to coach pax. I recall having lunch once, and dinner twice in the...

Not trying to be funny. But I wonder what is their definition of a "unacceptably dirty" toilet is?

Back in May we took the Crescent to NYP. The Carolinian beat us by almost three hours. In February we arrived literally 10 minutes apart. Kinda of comical, when we see passengers in Moynihan, who we had small talk with back in CLT before we boarded our respective trains.