That Was Fast (Points Posting)
Mar 28, 2012, 11:46 am
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My Acela trip on Monday has already posted to AGR (two days). Is the world coming to an end?
My Acela trip on Monday has already posted to AGR (two days). Is the world coming to an end?
Mar 29, 2012, 7:33 am
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My acela trip from Sunday posted yesterday! Very fast turnaround.
Of course my acela trip from Thursday 3/22 hasn't yet posted. I find that when I take the train north - ending in BOS - the points post rather quickly. For whatever reason when I go south to NYP or PHL the points take forever to post.
Of course my acela trip from Thursday 3/22 hasn't yet posted. I find that when I take the train north - ending in BOS - the points post rather quickly. For whatever reason when I go south to NYP or PHL the points take forever to post.
Apr 22, 2012, 9:11 am
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I had some Hilton HHonors double dip points that didn't post - a cluster of four stays, actually. They wouldn't do boo until six weeks had passed but upon further complaint not only did points post promptly, I got a follow up phone call explaining how points had posted from HGI + Homewood + Hampton Inn stays. My airline programs have never done that and I have been very active for 25+ years.
May 22, 2012, 3:12 pm
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Just happened to me and I can't believe it either!
Rode the Crescent from Baltimore to New Orleans from Saturday-Sunday
Checked AGR this morning, points are already there!
Now this I could get used to. They're beating United now!
Rode the Crescent from Baltimore to New Orleans from Saturday-Sunday
Checked AGR this morning, points are already there!
Now this I could get used to. They're beating United now!
May 23, 2012, 6:53 am
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Out of curiosity, do you know if they were scanning?
May 23, 2012, 12:53 pm
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I'm not sure, though I'd lean towards no. I saw the standard stacks of ticket halves in the Cafe Car with the conductor sorted into piles the few times I passed through there. Maybe they were scanning, but they took mine the old fashioned way (ripping half, giving me the other) and then left.
May 23, 2012, 7:02 pm
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I'm not sure, though I'd lean towards no. I saw the standard stacks of ticket halves in the Cafe Car with the conductor sorted into piles the few times I passed through there. Maybe they were scanning, but they took mine the old fashioned way (ripping half, giving me the other) and then left.
May 24, 2012, 10:55 am
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If your points posted that fast, then they were scanning. Most crews so far pull the tickets normally, but then scan them later at the table in the cafe car. Once eTicketing is fully in effect, then they will have to scan at the seat. But for right now, they still have to lift the tickets in the old fashioned way too; so it's just easier to scan later.
May 24, 2012, 11:18 am
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If your points posted that fast, then they were scanning. Most crews so far pull the tickets normally, but then scan them later at the table in the cafe car. Once eTicketing is fully in effect, then they will have to scan at the seat. But for right now, they still have to lift the tickets in the old fashioned way too; so it's just easier to scan later.
May 24, 2012, 11:37 am
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AFAIK, nothing will go live to AGR, even with full eTicketing. That I believe will still be an overnight housekeeping chore at Amtrak that bundles all the AGR info and then transmits it to the AGR computers.
May 24, 2012, 11:53 am
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I don't know if they're that far along on the routes that don't have full eTicketing, such that live manifests are going straight to Amtrak or if they're transmitted to the computer when the conductor reaches the end point. Just don't know enough about how it works and how the test period works. Sorry!
AFAIK, nothing will go live to AGR, even with full eTicketing. That I believe will still be an overnight housekeeping chore at Amtrak that bundles all the AGR info and then transmits it to the AGR computers.
AFAIK, nothing will go live to AGR, even with full eTicketing. That I believe will still be an overnight housekeeping chore at Amtrak that bundles all the AGR info and then transmits it to the AGR computers.