Originally Posted by
TakeTheATrain
I'm taking New Haven to Boston on Acela. I was thinking about booking Stamford to Boston in order to qualify for the Acela 500 points city pairs (and x2 due to the promotion). With the new e-ticketing system, I'm thinking that it may be too risky since it's a 40 minute ride between Stamford and New Haven and I don't want my reservation to get cancelled. Any thoughts?
An article about e-ticketing in this month's Trains magazine says that Amtrak is now allowing two hours between departure from the ticketed station and the scan before the reservation is cancelled. The reason stated was to permit boarding at a station down the line. It is not confirmed (as in someone trying), but it sounds like this problem may be solved.