Originally Posted by
NYCommuter
If so, isn't this crazy? Doesn't it deprive Amtrak of revenue, since I'd be buying multiple tickets and cancelling them, perhaps at times too late to sell the seat again?
This might be why they recently added cancellation fees.
Additionally, you are not allowed to book multiple tickets for the same day (theoretically... it's an honor system unless someone notices, apparently).
"Duplicate and impossible bookings are prohibited.
Duplicate bookings include, but are not limited to, reservations on multiple trains by the same passenger on the same day between the same or similar cities on one or more itineraries, such as booking the 4:00 pm, 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm Acela Express trains between New York and Philadelphia."