Originally Posted by
soitgoes
You have two options if you want to travel before Tuesday when AGR reopens:
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b) attempt to get an Amtrak agent to change your existing reservation. When AGR is closed, they are allowed to do so, though not all agents know that, nor do they know how to do so. It is, however, possible.
As an aside, I have
never been successful in persuading Amtrak TAs to do this when AGR CS is closed, though not for want of trying...
I have often printed award tickets less than 4 hrs prior to award travel (often a few mins before departure). YMMV I guess?
ivk5