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I can't answer your specific questions, but just want to point out that your bedroom redemption would include connecting Business Class travel on other trains, if necessary. So you could, for example, travel between Los Angeles (or San Diego) and Bellingham, WA, or Vancouver, BC for the same price as LAX-SEA.