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UPDATE: 6/8/09 AFTER SOME DEVINE INTERVENTION, I LOGGED INTO MY AGR ACCOUNT THIS MORNING TO SEE THAT ALL 40,000 POINTS THAT I HAD USED TO REACCOMODATE MY PARENTS, HAD BEEN REFUNDED TO MY ACCOUNT. I APPRECIATE EVERYONE ON THIS BOARD THAT GOT INVOLVED AND OFFERED HELPFUL ADVICE.

Thanks for all the time you put in this thoughtful reply. I figired there can't be an exact policy but was curious about what others had witnessed. I know Amtrak can be extremely accomodating when they want to be. To Alan's point, I can understand how it can help to be proactive. At the time...

I had posted this question in a previous thread, but it's been buried and I was curious if anyone knew. I am wondering if Amtrak has any kind of set policy on reaccomodating people on the next day's trains after a missed connection or delay. Should people in bedrooms normally expect bedrooms...

You can't get credit for the same train on the same day more than once. HOWEVER, if you did a round trip on the same day, each train should have different numbers. As others have stated, call AGR on Monday and see what they say.

The good news is, they arrived in Miami, FL last night with no further incidents and will board the ship tomorrow for 2 weeks. They are having a good trip. When they went to passenger services the next morning before boarding the Capitol that night, an agent also told them that the 1st agent...

Did you travel with any other tickets/segments for the same train on the same day...4/11?

Unfortunately, they didn't get her name and were concerned mainly with getting to the hotel at that time. I wish they had. It's weird because they would not exchange them at the time it happened, but seemed more than willing to exchange them for coach seats if my parents had no other...

I didn't really know which forum to post in as both Amtrak and Guest Rewards share some of the blame in my opinion. I am looking for opinions and advice. My parents planned for months to go on a cruise to Miami, FL. They've done this before and started taking the train after they realized how...

Thanks Alice. I got it. The problem was the it was telling me that the zip file was a "Read Only archive" and was not extracting correctly. Now it's fixed. I am really going to ernjoy this on Saturday..

Doris is really top notch and if you ever get a chance to read her personal introductory letter in which she explains the layout of the room, it is pretty funny. She and Rolando were both on the History Channel EXTREME TRAINS program on the EB and I guess Doris has been recognized a few times...

The photo that was linked is not Andrea. I've met her quite a few times and she is one of the best attendants in coach and sleeper, depending on where they put her. She loves to make mamosas in the morning with the left over champaign and everyone enjoys it. If I see her on Saturday, I'll...

Alice, I have a Garmin Nuvi 200. I downloaded the POI Loader. When I unzipped the archive I had one file amtrak_stations that was around 3 MB I put in a directory titled Amtrak and it would not recognize the file. Do I need to put the file in C:\POI_Loaded_01\Amtrak ?

Alice, When you unzip the original folder, do you only have 1 single file in the archive? I hooked my Garmin up to my computer and it would not recognize the file.

I might agree. However, many people are enrolled in AGR because they would be riding the train for pleasure or to get somewhere anyway. If you need the rail points to maintain Select or Select + that is something you also can't get on Continental. However, if you need 1-2K in AGR points to...

Has anyone been able to use these on their Garmin device?

Of course, if you are paying for the meal in coach, you will be charged seperately for the soda. When I am in coach I rarely buy a soda and just take the juice and milk that is included. They've even brought ice tea and milk if I have asked them and usually offer to refill them if I want...

No, any ticket gets a minimum of 100 points, so a $2 ticket will get 100 points and a $49 ticket will get 100 points. If a ticket is more than $50, it gets the standard 2 points per dollar. If your tickets for each segment are under $50 BEFORE and AFTER the discount, you will still earn the...

So, the individual tickets for each segment should be well under $50. It doesn't seem like you would have anything to lose by using the discount and saving a few bucks.

Is that $86 roundtrip or one way and before or after a discount?

If your tickets are usually $50 or less before the discount, using the card will earn you the same number of points since each ticket will earn a minimum of 100 points regardless of price. However, I would still take a discount anyway I could get one to save money even if the ticket was more...