Sleeping car passenger meal policy can be confusing sometimes, even for employees. The employee who must be absolutely up to date and current on all meal policies and changes is the dining car LSA. Other AMTRAK employees, ticket agents especially, aren't always kept well informed when meal policies are changed.
The old sleeping car passenger meal policy allowed for 2 meal in roomettes, 3 meals in a deluxe bedroom and up to 5 meals in the family room.
The following counts are the current maximums for passengers ticketed in sleeper car accommodations;
Roomettes - 4 meals
Deluxe Bedrooms - 4 meals
Family room - 6 meals
It's recommended that small children eat from the kids menu but it's not required.
There is a specific breakdown for each room and for adults or children.
Superliner Roomettes
1 passenger - 1 adult or 1 child
2 passenger - 2 children, 1 adult + 1 child, 2 adults
3 passenger - 3 children, 1 adult + 2 children
4 passenger - 4 children
Superliner Bedroom
1 passenger - 1 child or 1 adult
2 passenger - 2 children, 1 adult + 1 child, 2 adults
3 passenger - 3 children, 1 adult + 2 children, 2 adults + 1 child, 3 adults
4 passenger - 4 children, 1 adult + 3 children, 2 adults + 2 children
Superliner Family room
1 passenger - 1 adult or 1 child
2 passenger - 2 children, 1 adult + 1 child, 2 adults
3 passenger - 3 children, 1 adult + 2 children, 2 adults + 1 child, 3 adults
4 passenger - 4 children, 1 adult + 3 children, 2 adults + 2 children, 3 adults + 1 child, 4 adults
5 passenger - 5 children, 1 adult + 4 children, 2 adults + 3 children, 3 adults + 2 children, 4 adults + 1 child
6 passenger - 6 children, 1 adult + 5 children, 2 adults + 4 children, 3 adults + 3 children
See how this can be confusing even for employees?
These charts are copied directly from the Employee Service Standards Manual. All OBS and T&E employees are supposed to carry their manuals in their gear.
In some of the situations in the charts only a ticket agent supervisor could even book the number of people in the room but each person ticketed into a sleeping car accommodation should be provided their meals
Now I can't promise that all employees, even LSAs will be current on sleeping car meal check policies and maximum allowable checks per room. I still run into people I work with on the Empire Builder who aren't aware, correctly, of how many meals could be allowed for any particular room.
So as you can see, from those charts, three adults ticketed in a deluxe bedroom would indeed be allowed three meals without having to pay for one of them. Hope this helps.
