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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 1:22 pm
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Originally Posted by mkraft
Are the V### discount codes for AMTRAK travel good (ever? sometimes?) for stops between the listed origin/destination stations?

If not, and the math works in your favor, can you book to the valid destination and just get off at the earlier station you actually want (reversing that for the return trip)?

Thanks. Replies appreciated.
1. Sometimes.

2. Yes. (Just make sure that, on the return, the station at which you want to board accepts passengers. On some trains, certain stations are for passenger discharge only, and you might have trouble boarding those trains at those stations.) There is also a recent thread related to the question you posed:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=859961
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