I think you need to call Amtrak to see what the agent is willing to do. Your ticket or barcode printout should be good for getting on at STM if it costs extra to change it because of the bucket prices. I may be wrong, but I don't see why Amtrak would implement an immediate cancellation policy if the reservation or eticket is not scanned in after the stop. That would only lead to problems for overlooked passengers. There has to be flexibility in the system. The odds of the Vermonter being both sold out north of NYP and the seat resold in the short window from the conductor completing the ticket pickup out of NYP and the time it reaches STM are nil.
Interesting. What app are you using to scan? Maybe it's just that none of the three apps I was trying are all that good?
This is the million dollar question. In the past, you would have just kept your original ticket and boarded at STM. No harm, no foul. I am just hoping that they don't require you to actually change your reservation and pay an increased fare to make the change. But no one seems to know. The terms at the bottom of the e-tickets (on the webpage) do say that if you do not board at your originally ticketed station that your reservation will be cancelled. The bonus is that enables amtrak to sell tickets down the line for sold out trains. The thing that sucks is for corridor service and situations like you posted about, where making a change requires you to pay a higher fare. It is unclear what will actually happen.
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Paper tickets are no longer an option for any eticket-eligible itinerary.
Interesting. So what is the deal with the hidden city ticketing, then? Are we SOL on that?
Likely, although I wish SOL would continue to give paper tix!
I like the feeling of them, and will always continue to.They will still feel the same. The paper stock being used in QuikTrak machines and at ticket counters is the same, they're just being printed differently.Likely, although I wish SOL would continue to give paper tix!
Then take the train! :giggle: :giggle: Sorry couldn't resist!!
Thanks. I'll try that. In the meantime, however, I'm on a train. The conductor was not actually able to scan the code on my iPhone app, but was able to scan the PDF code on the iPhone. So, at least in my case, the iPhone app appears to be generating/ displaying unusable QR codes.
I have four people and only one QR code for all of us.
Afterall it is Amtrak. You should not expect anyone to necessarily follow procedures and certainly not be able to make any sense of what they do instead
Why didn't she have her iPhone if she was checking tickets? This is the equivalent of "Oh gee I need to go and get my ticket punch. Meanwhile give me half your ticket just in case. 
