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Old May 5, 2012 | 7:33 pm
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Originally Posted by NYCommuter
A note could just be stamped on your ticket, and it could just appear when you print it at a kiosk (or online) or when Amtrak prints it for you. It could be punched (or scanned), just like tickets are regularly punched/scanned.

I'm not saying that you order specific food in advance- you just prepay $15 or whatever- kind of like buying a gift card. The dining car staff would just punch or scan where it says "Prepaid Dinner" or "Lunch" to show that it's been used.

JOHN SMITH TRAIN 20 5 MAY 2012
*PREPAID DINNER 1__
* PREPAID LUNCH 1 __

For Penn Station- it's a confusing mess for out of towners. If American Airlines offers a one-on-one guide through airports (how hard is that?), surely there's some kind of a market for that at NYP. AA's service also offers lounge access, priority boarding, car service help, etc. Wouldn't Acela passengers go for this? See below.

http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/fivestar...ivestarservice
No real reason for this. Why prepay when you can simply prepay onboard? I doubt that there would be significant market for this and it would be a nightmare in a system which basically allows no-fee changes.
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