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The trip runs from May 9 (Pittsburgh to Ft. Lauderdale) and I hope to return on May 20 (Ft. Lauderdale back to Pittsburgh)… so that's a full week before Memorial Day weekend.

Trying to book a roundtrip from PGH to Fort Lauderdale in mid-May, using points if I can. I don't "get" a lot of why prices are as they are on Amtrak... so why might my return trip be twice as expensive as the trip down there? (I have several routes to choose from and all seem to be twice as...

Yay! I think I'm all set for my return trip tomorrow morning then! Thanks! I love this group.  :)

Can't seem to find on the Amtrak site specific info on this: May I bring coffee and a breakfast sandwich onto a Thruway bus? It picks me up right at a Dunkin' Donuts at 7:40 AM and it'd be nice to just grab a breakfast sandwich and coffee before boarding, without having to worry about gulping it...

I'll wave back.  :) I'm getting on via a Thruway bus from Port Charlotte, so I won't actually be in Orlando. Just passin' through from the bus to the train.  :) Glad to hear I might actually get lunch.

I'll be at the PHL lounge this weekend and will try to remember to sneak a few pics of the furniture. I was there on the 14th and found it to be character-less utilitarian "mod" furniture. Serviceable, but not something I would want to try to get overly comfy in for too long. 

Is it okay to tack a similar question onto this thread?  I'm boarding the Meteor on Saturday in Orlando, around 1:30 PM, in a roomette. Can I assume lunch will not have passed me by yet? 

This is precisely what happened to me. I was the only person getting on a sleeper car on the Meteor in Philly that day so I got a personal escort. And the track area was completely deserted except for me. When the train arrived, I got all the personal attention of the sleeper car attendants, who...

It's entirely possible I misheard something. I wasn't listening for anybody but me being called.  :D

Wow, I would not have guessed that, for that reason! But yay! My three-hour wait will be a lot nicer.  So that means I may have actually  been hearing them call for Business Class passengers... but because they had previously come off sleeper cars? So they would call me as a Business Class...

Meaning bathroom facilities at the back, or no? (Inquiring middle-aged female minds need to know.)  :D  

I'm just confirming what I suspect is true: On my way south from Philly to Orlando, I waited for the Meteor in the private lounge in Philly since I had a roomette on the Meteor. If I'm traveling back home, Orlando to Philly via roomette, and then have a 3-hour layover in Philly while I await my...

I took it from Orlando to Tampa on the 15th. But I'm headed back from Port Charlotte, so I'll be on the bus a few hours longer this time. It was comfy, though!  I hadn't noticed on the shorter Orlando/Tampa trip whether there is a bathroom at the back of the bus or not. With a five-hour trip, I...

Last question (probably)!  How early should one arrive for a streetside loading like this? At other, regular stations, I tend to arrive about an hour ahead of time (if only because I hate dashing right onto a bus, plane, or train as soon as I show up).  Would I need a full hour in advance? I...

Thanks. That last line was the crucial part. I'm going to find out if that Dunkin' Donuts is open and then I could at least grab some coffee and perhaps sit inside. I assume that, like the Thruway Bus from Orlando to Tampa, they'll know I'm getting on here. Yes?

Hi, guys! I took the Pennsylvanian and then the Meteor down south to Orlando, then a bus to Tampa for the holidays. But I return by Thruway bus first from Port Charlotte to Orlando -- NOT where I got off in Tampa -- and then north on the Meteor again, then the Pennsylvanian. The pictures of...

I'm booked! But I'll keep an eye out for lower fares between now and April. If I find the rates drop during a random re-search of the same itinerary, I should just call Amtrak and ask for... what? For them to price-match or something? I assume it would have to be significantly lower so that I...

I've booked the #21 heading from PGH/CHI to HOUSTON (via Longview bus) and the #422 coming back (also via Longview). I have roomettes on all legs.

Sorry I didn't offer more information. I didn't realize I should have! YES, I'm using the thruway bus connection from Longview in both directions. A friend's picking me up there.

Thanks! That certainly makes it easy. (Going from Pittsburgh to Houston and back.)