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Seattle to Vancouver is a fabulous trip! I took the early morning train in route to Vancouver and The Canadian and loved it. Vancouver is worth the trip alone. What a beautiful and fun city!

Great news!! I've been looking at taking the Air Canada flight for years and I'm very pleased that there's now another option. Yes, I do live in Phoenix, but Newfoundland is a very special place that I love visiting ( my grandmother was from Coley's Point which is near Bay Roberts which is 50...

I also spent the summer in England in the early 1960's ( 1960 to be exact) with my grandparents ( in Lincolnshire) and credit that trip with fostering my life long love of train travel. I go back to England about every year or so since the early '00's and invariably travel mostly by train. In...

Just connected internationally and then flew out of IAD back home to PHX -- nothing changed my opinion that this is the worst airport in the country to fly in or out of. The baggage delivery was abysmal and it looked like the carousels were installed in the late 50's. On a plus note, I was...

For all of those posters that conflate Maricopa with Phoenix, it just ain't so. Until Amtrak returns to Phoenix/Tempe/Mesa, no one in the Phoenix area would consider Maricopa to be a Phoenix stop.

Traveling as a couple I would recommend looking for hotels either by the Dupont Circle stop( lots of restaurants, shopping and museums) or Friendship Heights -- good shopping - not all of it high end ( both stops are on the red line from Union station.) My 2c -- I go to DC about 1-2 times a...

I have traveled significant amounts of train trips over the last decade or so in England and briefly Scotland. I highly recommend it if you're a flexible low stress traveller. I have used several of the iterations of the Britrail pass and recommend it if you're doing several days ( I would...

Absolutely! I've been paying BA online through my credit union for years. While everyone is entitled to their experiences and horror stories, I've banked with and had credit cards and multiple accounts with BofA for years and have always found them responsive and helpful. Plus one of their...

Having lived in Albany for five years, it still remains about my favorite place to live as an adult. If you have time, the NY State Museum in the Capitol Plaza is a great visit as is the Capital building itself. Have a great trip!

I particularly agree with making it available through Priority Pass. In fact, I tried to contact them to make that suggestion, but like most websites, it's close to impossible to even get a working email address to send to ( and I haven't tried since my first failed attempt).

Being from Detroit myself, I can assure everyone that Sarah is absolutely correct! And, in fact, the "other" Detroit airport ( which is actually in Detroit), is always referred to as "City" A great long time ago, Southwest flew into City for a brief period of time ( I came in once -- a...

Anyone here, actually call National(DCA), Reagan? If so -- SHAME!

Bring a power strip if you have any devices that need charging.

Actually, I did run into a picky attendant on the CS that initially didn't allow me to put my (quite) large duffel bag on the Sleeper racks because she said it messed up her ability to stack luggage ( she only wanted hard sided luggage). We reached some form of compromise( don't remember exact...

My two cents are that you pray the CZ isn't so late that the CA Railroad Museum is already closed ( or about to). Happened to me last May doing the exact trip. There is little to nothing of great interest, imo, at Old Sacramento and the dining options are not great ( particularly since the...

Interesting, in depth article. Good photos too. I'm not obsessive enough to nit-pick amongst the various issues he raises. I think others will enjoy/find it interesting.

Unless your heart is set on Tombstone ( I find it very underwhelming), I would recommend going to Bisbee instead and take the mine tour. And yes, you'll have to rent a car for either. My 2cents from central Arizona.

And, believe it or not, you can actually get to Phoenix Sky Harbor by light rail.

What he/she said and restore Detroit - NYC service. Also bring Amtrak back to Phoenix/Tempe( and no, for the multiplicity of times, Maricopa does NOT count).

Really?? Nobody??? That most assuredly has not been my experience. Just couldn't pass up making a comment. Wow! "Nobody", that's quite the declarative statement so easily disproved.