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It doesn't seem that all of the trains go to high bucket, does it? I made a reservation from Philadelphia to Miami for December 27th 2015 and I paid $237 for the roomette itself - that seems to be the lowest price any time of the year.

Still, in the United States (at least many parts of the country) nobody cares about jaywalking. You walk across the streets of Philadelphia, New York City and many other small towns, through the red lights and through cities where nobody will nail you for jaywalking, even if it's technically...

Thanks for a nice breakdown, beautifulplanet. Seems like a lot of work to divest all of it but all very interesting and for a good reason! Where are you finding the date? When I tried booking via US website of British Airways it only shows: Taxes, fees and carrier charges for the entire journey...

Hello This has been something that's been really interesting to me and I can't quite get a grasp on it. The bottom question is: why are round trip flights from US to Europe much more expensive than if you originate in Europe? I was looking at a sample BA flight from JFK to Amsterdam to JFK...

I had this same issue this weekend on #665 from Philly to Harrisburg (Sunday). The engine died in Philly and they had us transfer into a different consist (with just 4 cars instead of 5). Those cars were HOT, it was very uncomfortable. However, I ride about 20-25 times a year roundtrip between...

If I need to be resuscitated, I'm probably not going to worry too much about forfeited ticket amount ;)

Well, I live in the US but use foreign e-mail address and never had any issues. :)

Keystone corridor is 110 mph max, no 125 yet. And 110 is between Harrisburg and Parkesburg in some spots, once you go past Parkesburg you won't hit that until past Philadelphia.

It is for 2014, although my coupons are good through the end of 2015.

Last year there was a day I was taking the Keystone where they ran them all on diesels in the morning because of power issues. But everything was mostly on schedule.

FWIW, I reached Select in October and I got my kit late November/early December. That was the first time I made select, too.

Still seems to be the deal. New Year's day, LNC to PHL: Some are reserved, some are not. Also, this was the first year I've ever seen $21 on that route on the holidays. Thanksgiving earlier and now for Christmas. Never used to go above $19, this year all of them were $19 (peak fare) by...

They also put out an advisory on the website about travel being reserved on the Keystones for the certain days, but no such advisory now. Weird...

I wonder about Russia, as that seems to be the country with the most successful overnight sleeping service currently? Is it because the towns it serves have no alternative transportation, or is it still cheaper to travel by rail than to travel by air between those points? Worth remembering that...

Looks like one of the Polish engineers of the regional railroads had a dream to become an AMTRAK engineer! ;-) I'd not want to go to Miami in THIS though!

The only ever chasing of the points I've done is the point runs - but under double days they come out to be the same as buying points, so I just treat that as buying points with a fun factor to it - I'm a rail fan and I love to be on the train, even though I would prefer to be in a eastern...

I've seen PGH to LNC send me on a Pennsy from PGH to HAR and then hop on a Keystone an hour later to LNC.

Well, in my dark ages in terms of AGR knowledge, I tried to get points for other people travelling - that was a few years ago. So I tried my friend putting my AGR number on his ticket and I also tried filing in for past travel - nothing happened. No points, of course, but also no follow up at...

Hello So I've been toying with the idea of going to Miami around Christmas/New Year's period next year (this year it's obviously too late to start planning). I am acutely aware that this is one of the busiest periods for that area tourist-wise, so here's a few questions. Is there any chance...

I think the issue is more complex. It all depends on whether the train is sealed etc. There is zero reason to enforce a dry county law esp. if the train doesn't stop there, just going through. It makes no sense altogether. On the other hand, enforcing Pennsylvania state laws on a...