Acela Express Priority Boarding
Nov 23, 2016, 7:21 am
#1
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Acela Express Priority Boarding
This morning at BOS I heard a PA (by an agent, not the robot) to the effect of:
Has anyone heard this before, or at another station? This would be especially hard to do at NYP, given the set-up.
We now offer priority boarding for Acela Express 2155, the 7:15am departure to Washington, DC; our Select Executive, Select Plus, First Class, and military in uniform are welcome to board at this time.
Nov 24, 2016, 10:51 am
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: WAS
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Here is the sign listing eligible categories of passengers:
Nov 24, 2016, 10:55 am
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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It has always been available through the Club Acela at WAS and PHL and by preboard announcement of the track # at NYP and BOS. It really doesn't matter if you are in F as you are, of course, in a separate car and the sole value is to be among the first of the first if you are alone and want a single seat or traveling as a group and want one of the tables.