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I hope so. How about traditional dining? Any word?

I’ve seen fares as high as $6000 for a berth from Toronto to Vancouver. Of course,like Amtrak, if you go by Coach for that length it’s usually $500 or less.

Imagine traveling from San Antonio to New York. Three days of flex. Again. Why won’t they let you substitute something from the cafe car without paying extra? They have decent sandwiches. Seems so simple, yet it isn’t done.

Still a puzzlement why Amtrak’s web site can’t follow airlines and give a month or at least two weeks in advance fares for Coach and sleepers. Of course Amtrak did follow airlines by eliminating many perks and downgrading food on the five LD trains that still have flex.

It’$767, not $737 on the Chief. I checked July and August, as well. Seems $767 on the Chief and $960 on the Eagle are the lowest fares now from LA to Chicago. Of course, people will pay it, but as a long time Amtrak rider, personally Amtrak’s fares on a route I have been taking for decades is...

Always looking for my next trip,I tried every day in October and November for the SW Chief and Texas Eagle from LA to Chicago one person senior fare and the lowest fares I could find were $737 for the Chief and $960 for The Texas Eagle. Until recently $899(used to be $600) fares came up for the...

Any news on when the remaining trains still stuck with flex return to traditional dining? If logic prevails(and I’m sure it won’t) the first two trains should be The Texas Eagle and The Crescent, because of their long running time.

The sandwiches served in the cafe car are pretty good. Why can’t they be served as a substitute for the TV dinners? If you are going from San Antonio to New York in a sleeper, that’s three days of flex crap. Why doesn’t Amtrak allow substitutions from the cafe car. It’s actually a step up.

You can’t buy coffee on 29,being it arrives at Midnight and the snack car on 42 The Pennsylvanian opens an hour after departure, so if you get off 30 in Pittsburgh it’s almost four hours. I’m just thinking of a small area where you can buy coffee,soft drinks and snacks. As I mentioned, it’s at...

A golden opportunity awaits anyone who opens a coffee stand with the basic amenities inside the dungeon aka Pittsburgh Amtrak. Four hours at night waiting on the Capitol Limited and over two hours in the morning Eastbound waiting on the Pennsylvanian. Why hasn’t this been done? The wait for the...

The Crescent and The Texas Eagle should be the next trains to return to traditional dining. Of course,I have no proof but these are the two longest routes still with flex. Agree with many, flex food ranges from awful to barely adequate and I have had many flex meals. To pay what sleepers go for...

Southwest will give you a voucher if you cancel. No cancellation fee. I wish Amtrak would do that. There are times I have to cancel and don’t have any immediate plans to rebook. A voucher would be ideal for future travel, yet Amtrak doesn’t do that.WHY?

Best BC is the Pacific Surfliner. Wine or beer and snacks in the afternoon.

No breakfast on the Coast Starlight leaving LA

I am traveling from LA to DC on the Southwest Chief and Capitol Limited Got Los bucket for a roomette on both trains. I was offered to bid up for $80 to a bedroom on the Capitol Limited. That was the lowest price. I figure, why not? If I don’t get it I’m still in a sleeper. I hardly book...

Transferring in Pittsburgh and waiting in that dungeon is the least appealing aspect of a trip transferring to the Capitol Limited to go to Chicago. That four hour wait feels even longer. I’m on my way back from a cross country circle trip from Harrisburg to Portland, then LA and am heading...

If only BC was still on the Lake Shore,Five single seats and I always managed to snag one out of Chicago. If only all overnight trains had BC. Unfortunately none do. It was a nice bridge between overcrowded Coach and pricy sleepers.

Agree. For one a roomette is fine. Only thing missing is the in room shower and toilet, but bedrooms are twice the price,sometimes almost three times the price of a roomette. You are still getting the same food and amenities.

I have been doing circle trips for 35 years and as I write this I am on yet another adventure using The Capitol Limited,Empire Builder, Coast Starlight and Southwest Chief. I normally go solo and get roomettes. This first leg from Harrisburg to Chicago is in Coach, because I couldn’t justify the...

I am booked on the EB on 1/25 connecting with The Coast Starlight heading to LA. Coming in on 29 to Chicago. Track record is not good lately for 7/27. Being LA is my final destination if the EB is cancelled that day would Amtrak offer the CZ,SW Chief of Texas Eagle? I really don’t want to be...