I have a CZ-booked trip from SAC eastbound (departing 1109h) but a need to get there from about an hour south earlier that morning.
I've checked that a train from Stockton gets in about ten to 20 minutes after the CZ's scheduled departure time.
I'm sure I saw that there are much earlier trains north, but I don't want to have to leave at sparrows'.
I know there's likely heaps of other ways back to SAC, including Greyhound, but I wonder if the Amtrak Thruway bus from Stockton is an option given I won't have an eligible train leg to book at the same time (because I've already booked the CZ I'm connecting to).
I don't reckon I can do this on line because I won't be booking an adjoining train leg, but is this something a handy Amtrak agent can manage for me once I'm in the USA and can show the adjoining CZ booking?
That leg of the trip isn't until after a few others where I'll easily be on Amtrak territory and can speak with and pay, human to human - always better than on-line from the other side of the planet an in an opposite day/night time.
I don't want to undo or revise a series of bookings I've already made because the CZ is just one part of an extensive multi-city booking and ticket I have, and I don't want to chance messing up any other part of the booking.
I'm also more than 62 which I also was at the time of booking, but less than 65
Further - I also want to get from SAC south near Stockton a couple of days after coming in to SAC on the CS (and a couple of days before going north again to the CZ). There's not an especially convenient train for my timings. I've seen posts saying you can book a Thruway and a throw-away train leg (for example, a train south from Stockton) and no-one worries much, but is there a way to align my trip south with my SAC arrival two days earlier without upsetting the rules?
I'm only travelling with carry-on rather than checked baggage, so that's not an issue either way.
I've checked that a train from Stockton gets in about ten to 20 minutes after the CZ's scheduled departure time.
I'm sure I saw that there are much earlier trains north, but I don't want to have to leave at sparrows'.
I know there's likely heaps of other ways back to SAC, including Greyhound, but I wonder if the Amtrak Thruway bus from Stockton is an option given I won't have an eligible train leg to book at the same time (because I've already booked the CZ I'm connecting to).
I don't reckon I can do this on line because I won't be booking an adjoining train leg, but is this something a handy Amtrak agent can manage for me once I'm in the USA and can show the adjoining CZ booking?
That leg of the trip isn't until after a few others where I'll easily be on Amtrak territory and can speak with and pay, human to human - always better than on-line from the other side of the planet an in an opposite day/night time.
I don't want to undo or revise a series of bookings I've already made because the CZ is just one part of an extensive multi-city booking and ticket I have, and I don't want to chance messing up any other part of the booking.
I'm also more than 62 which I also was at the time of booking, but less than 65
Further - I also want to get from SAC south near Stockton a couple of days after coming in to SAC on the CS (and a couple of days before going north again to the CZ). There's not an especially convenient train for my timings. I've seen posts saying you can book a Thruway and a throw-away train leg (for example, a train south from Stockton) and no-one worries much, but is there a way to align my trip south with my SAC arrival two days earlier without upsetting the rules?
I'm only travelling with carry-on rather than checked baggage, so that's not an issue either way.