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Nov 11, 2007, 10:13 am

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Originally Posted by david4455

I have never taken Amtrak and it looks like I will make my first trip this Christmas from Seattle to Vancouver BC.

The train does not offer a Business Class but an "upgrade option" to reserve a seat in the lower compartment. (there is no price difference)

Where do I want to sit? Upper or lower?

Also.. how early does one have to get to the train station to get a decent seat? ( I think this will be on Monday the 24th of December)

Thanks for any advice.

Personally I'd go with an upper level seat, as the view is better from there. Especially if a freight train happens to be going by. Sometimes you can see over the top of a freight train from the upper level. You never can from the lower level.

However, if climbing stairs is an issue, then you might prefer the lower level.

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