Sorry ClimbGuy, I do feel the need to comment:

Taking advantage of Amtrak's leniency on refund of rev/award tickets by holding multiple alternative bookings is frowned upon. This blocks the seats in Amtrak's inventory and prevents Amtrak from selling those seats to someone who actually intends to travel. If enough people do this, Amtrak may eventually have to crack down on duplicate bookings and/or tighten its refund policy to mitigate the impact to its load factors. This is particularly true in the Northeast where trains do sell out at periods of high demand.

For rev tickets, last-minute changes can be made at the station or by phone, and may involve paying a higher fare bucket, which is by design. For award tickets, changes may be readily made during AGR's call center hours (alas, only M-F, and sometimes after waiting on hold for non-S/S+).

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