Amtrak changed my accommodation

[Devil's Advocate]

How many months/years has it been since they last did these cancel activities?

I think they need to bring the cars back before they can remove them again.

As far as I know, they've never even considered giving people a car layout and letting you pick your room.

Where do people think the scanned car layouts originally came from?

I believe this has been debated here in the past, but I still feel strongly, that if I take the time and trouble to research a favorite accommodation, and book it as soon as available, perhaps 11 months in advance, I should not have to lose it to someone who comes along much later. Said person should take what is available at time of booking, or wait till their choice is available.

I think most travelers would agree with you, and other carriers seemed to have figured this out, but on Amtrak it's always a crap shoot.

 

[west point]

The big unknown unknown is always the possibility that an accident or at least an incident will remove available spots between now and travel date, 2023 was not kind to Amtrak's inventory of useable cars.