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    Empire Service suspension 11/12/23

    Dang. Hope I’m still able to ride the LSL on Wednesday.
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    Fare Buckets discussion 2023 Q4 - 2024

    I saw LSL roomettes go from $740 to $753 this morning.
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    Bid Up questions and experiences

    Thanks. I tried your method last night and discovered there are at least 4 roomettes available. Oh well, perhaps it’s better BidUp isn’t working out because if it did I might have ended up with a room without a view of the Hudson. If I feel like paying the sky high roomette prices, I think...
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    Window seats on Acela toward Boston

    As someone who will be a first time Acela rider next month, I am wondering this too.
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    Bid Up questions and experiences

    Nope, no connections on that reservation. The app shows 30% full for coach, but I can’t see any percentages for the sleepers.
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    Bid Up questions and experiences

    So, for some reason my 11/20 CL reservation is eligible for Bidup, but my 11/15 LSL reservation is not. Both tickets were bought at the value fare level for coach. I am perplexed as to why the LSL reservation is not eligible for Bidup. Even my 11/21 Acela reservation is eligible for Bidup and...
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    Amtrak Coach discussion

    I rode the LSL in coach back in October 2018 and I will be doing so again next month (unless I win an upgrade via bidup). I agree with most everything said, but I will say that on my trip in 2018, the car was too warm instead of being too cold, so be prepared for that situation too. I plan on...
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    Amtrak Metropolitan Lounges

    After reading about the changes to the lounge access, I’m guessing coach passengers can’t buy a day pass to the lounge in Chicago anymore?
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    Checked Baggage (luggage) discussion

    So, I am planning on riding the CL in November from Chicago to Pittsburgh where I will connect with the Pennsylvanian to PHL and then take a thruway a bus to WKB from there (This is all on the same reservation, so guaranteed connection). I was thinking of checking a suitcase from CHI to PHL. I...
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    Why and how often are trains run completely backward?

    On all of the Hiawatha rides I have been on, the train ran backwards in both directions.
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    Capitol Limited discussion

    I also would probably only get 4-5 hours of sleep and I can be fine on that little amount of sleep. Where I have problems is things like my LSL trip in coach where I only got less than 2 hours of sleep. Looking back I realize I should have brought things that could have helped like a neck...
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    Capitol Limited discussion

    Been reading through this thread and surprised at how short the consist is now, though it also helps explain the prices I have been seeing. I'm considering the CL for part of my return journey for a potential convention trip in November. On November 20, the cost of going CHI-WKB is $169 if...
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    My Return to Amtrak (Hiawatha, November 2022)

    Okay. I removed that section from my post.
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    My Return to Amtrak (Hiawatha, November 2022)

    Part 2 The line to get on the Hiawatha was long, as I expected. I loved to see it though, as it made things feel more normal, that demand for travel hadn't completely vanished, that people still wanted to ride Amtrak. The coaches were the same Horizon ones like in 2018, but I think we had one...
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    My Return to Amtrak (Hiawatha, November 2022)

    Part 1 Last year, I took my first Amtrak trip since lockdown. It may not have been the most epic of Amtrak journeys, but it was a nice ride and it was so nice just to be on Amtrak again. The events of the current decade so far (COVID, lockdowns, riots in the cities, rising crime rates, etc.)...
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    Capitol Limited 4/16: Harper's Ferry to Chicago in Coach

    Great report! I’ve always been curious about what it would be like to catch a train at Harper’s Ferry. Shame to hear about the seats. Makes me re-think my own Capitol Limited plans for this year.
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    What should Amtrak change?

    I feel like everybody already mentioned the things I would like to see changed, namely better frequency, more routes, and marketing the train better. A cheaper sleeper option would be nice too. Beyond that, I would start getting into fantasy territory like wishing Wilkes-Barre had passenger...
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    Trying to figure out which cancellation policy would apply (CL -> Pennsylvanian -> Thruway Bus)

    So I am once again planning a trip to Milwaukee, this time in early November, and I am thinking about taking Amtrak for the return trip home instead of flying like I did in 2018. The Hiawatha ticket I need to get to Chicago would be separate since I am thinking about doing some sightseeing...
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    BC gone on the LSL after July 2?, 2022

    Welp, there goes my plan of getting on at ALB or SYR and riding business class to CHI. I actually have been looking at doing a trip during the first week of November to Milwaukee and that was when I first noticed BC was gone on the LSL. While I lucked out during my 2018 LSL trip and had no...
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    Who is drawn to flying?

    I'm not a avgeek, but I guess you could say I enjoy flying. There are things I don't enjoy though like having to arrive 2 hours early, going through security and having to pay for checked baggage (on most airlines anyway). Still, the nicest thing about flying is how much time you save. Being...
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