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See my post 131 above. Since, I've won a couple more bids on roomettes at near minimum, but not on bedrooms. Good luck.

And that is why I almost always use a lower-level toilet when I have an upper-level roomette. The lower-level facilities always seem cleaner and more private to me. Note the operative word "seem,":).

This past January, I made coach reservations for two on the CS the from KEL to KLA in June because the roomette price was nearly $500 for the 10-hour trip, even though I was booking nearly 6 months in advance. At the same time, I made roomette reservations from KLA to LAX (23 hrs) for about the...

I just want to say I've used this site a number of times with Edge and I haven't really had a problem, other than those I've seemingly caused myself. Using the "back" button and/or clearing the cache seems to remedy most situations I've encountered. Some returns are a little tedious if Amtrak...

My first successful BidUp: On a recent trip (June 2023) on the Empire Builder from Vancouver to Chicago, I was invited to bid to upgrade our Roomette to a Bedroom. We (2 seniors) had paid $1133 for the Roomette, or high mid bucket. The offer was a minimum bid of $295 with a recommended bid of...

Right! A little wishful thinking on my part that we might see $1098 become high bucket for 2024:)

Yes, I tried that, but it wouldn't increase the count unless I had indicated 3 or more travelers. And, it kind of makes sense. In any event, I think calling, as trimetbusfan noted above, would likely be done, anyway, to secure two roomettes adjacent to or across from one another. Interestingly...

Yes, I see some are now opening at something less than top bucket. For example, the EB to PDX roomette is opening today at $1098, which is around mid-high bucket, I'd say. Maybe this portends a return to "normal" pricing. It wasn't too long ago, before the pandemic, that high bucket for this...

So, on a recent trip (June 2023) on the Empire Builder from Vancouver to Chicago, I was invited to bid to upgrade our Roomette to a Bedroom. We (2 seniors) had paid $1133 for the Roomette, or high mid bucket. The offer was a minimum bid of $295 with a recommended bid of $800+. I chose to bid...

I can confirm, after visiting, that there are no red caps available curbside to assist arriving passengers

Right, Eric. From your question and Zyphyr's response to mine, I don't expect to see any Red Caps curbside.

Are there Red Caps available curbside on Canal St to assist passengers being dropped off? (From Eric's unanswered question above, it doesn't sound like it)

I've used Rail for Less several times to search roomette fares on the Empire Builder between Chicago and Portland with 5-to-7-day windows. It has worked pretty well for me. It seems to take about the same amount of time as doing it manually on the Amtrak site (which I believe, according to the...

In my experience, the dining car servers will gladly give you change :)

In the couple of instances I've seen it done, the switching passenger made arrangements with the SCA in advance. In a similar situation when boarding, we were told to wait in an empty bedroom while our roomette was prepared. It didn't take long.

Having lost roomette 12 without warning (see my earlier post), if it were me, I would first call to see if by chance there were other rooms available. If not, I would continually check room availability online and if anything opened, I would call for a switch.

As noted, the Empire Builder consist merges and splits in Spokane Washington. Going east they are the 28 from PDX and 8 from Seattle. Checking various departure stations along the route gives a better indication of sleeper accommodations. As an aside, the Dining Car belongs to the Seattle...

Oh, right; I forgot the lower deck rooms.

Right, that makes it simple. Don't accept any roomette number higher than 10 on any train. Edit: Oops, see below😊