Any recent Coast Starlight info?
Jun 13, 2015, 11:41 am
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This will be my first LD trip on Amtrak and my son and I are travelling LAX-SEA-LAX on a Bedroom. Does Amtrak still provide complimentary champagne upon boarding in LAX? Is there still the afternoon wine tasting in the PPC? What about tipping for the sleeping car attendants?
We are very excited about this trip!! Thank you so much in advance!!!
We are very excited about this trip!! Thank you so much in advance!!!
Jun 13, 2015, 11:45 am
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Jun 13, 2015, 12:31 pm
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When we travelled a few years back we were impressed by the food, though it is easy to eat more than you should for a sedentary day or two. Amtrak needs to add an exercise car! The choices do get a bit repetitive if you spend too many days on the trains in a short time.
The other impressive thing was how enthusiastic the staff were.
The other impressive thing was how enthusiastic the staff were.
Jun 13, 2015, 7:50 pm
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Jun 13, 2015, 10:34 pm
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If it was then it must have been done by the SCA on their own accord. The official policy was scrapped last year. Those square chocolates do show up once in a while in the Metropolitan Lounge as well but the whole having it as an official part of the sleeper was gone last year. There was a big hoopla and cry about all the cuts in the sleepers on another Amtrak forum
Jun 14, 2015, 11:20 am
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If it was then it must have been done by the SCA on their own accord. The official policy was scrapped last year. Those square chocolates do show up once in a while in the Metropolitan Lounge as well but the whole having it as an official part of the sleeper was gone last year. There was a big hoopla and cry about all the cuts in the sleepers on another Amtrak forum
Jun 15, 2015, 1:19 pm
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Word is going around that the Coast Starlight will soon have a Business Class car(s) and fare.
Apparently it has been in-the-works for some time now, and Amtrak reworked the kiddie arcade cars and installed Business Class seats.
BC riders will have access to the PPC car and the fare will include 1 or 2 bottled water and a $6 food/beverage voucher for the dining/PPC car or Cafe.
http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/inde...usiness-class/
Apparently it has been in-the-works for some time now, and Amtrak reworked the kiddie arcade cars and installed Business Class seats.
BC riders will have access to the PPC car and the fare will include 1 or 2 bottled water and a $6 food/beverage voucher for the dining/PPC car or Cafe.
http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/inde...usiness-class/
Jun 15, 2015, 2:19 pm
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Word is going around that the Coast Starlight will soon have a Business Class car(s) and fare.
Apparently it has been in-the-works for some time now, and Amtrak reworked the kiddie arcade cars and installed Business Class seats.
BC riders will have access to the PPC car and the fare will include 1 or 2 bottled water and a $6 food/beverage voucher for the dining/PPC car or Cafe.
http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/inde...usiness-class/
Apparently it has been in-the-works for some time now, and Amtrak reworked the kiddie arcade cars and installed Business Class seats.
BC riders will have access to the PPC car and the fare will include 1 or 2 bottled water and a $6 food/beverage voucher for the dining/PPC car or Cafe.
http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/inde...usiness-class/
Jun 15, 2015, 2:56 pm
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Jun 24, 2015, 10:41 am
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Its official, they added Business Class on the Coast Starlight for the summer to test it out.
http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/907/753/...-15-032%20.pdf
http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/907/753/...-15-032%20.pdf
Jun 26, 2015, 11:16 am
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Its official, they added Business Class on the Coast Starlight for the summer to test it out.
http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/907/753/...-15-032%20.pdf
http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/907/753/...-15-032%20.pdf
$25 on top of the $24.xx AAA base fare, but I'll use the $6 coupon towards lunch (hopefully in the Parlour Car).
Jun 26, 2015, 12:36 pm
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I've booked SJC-PRB for next Tuesday. I'm a little less than enthralled with being seated on the lower level, but I will probably spend most of that time in the Parlour Car (nothing in the official press release indicates time in the PPC will be restricted), and the scenery on that section of the route isn't anything spectacular, so it's an ideal arrangement to test it out.
$25 on top of the $24.xx AAA base fare, but I'll use the $6 coupon towards lunch (hopefully in the Parlour Car).
$25 on top of the $24.xx AAA base fare, but I'll use the $6 coupon towards lunch (hopefully in the Parlour Car).
Also general tip: they'll give you cups with ice if you BYO non-alcoholic beverages.
Jun 27, 2015, 8:18 am
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As an anecdotal data point, we rode the CS OKJ-SEA 6/21-22. PPC was almost never full (eight swivel chairs were at times but other seats usually had room). Meal reservations were in person with the PPC attendant at the bar - meal space went begging (5:30 (final) dinner seating heading into SEA had four people (us and two others)).
Jun 27, 2015, 1:23 pm
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That was the same with the last dinner inbound to LA on 5/27. Most felt it was going to be too rushed and they'd be getting to their destination soon enough & skipped. I think only ones who sat were those connecting down to San Diego
