Hi,
I'm about to book an Empire Builder ticket, which goes from Chicago, IL (CHI) to Seatte, WA (SEA). However, we're considering visiting family in Wisconsin, and we'd like to embark in Columbus, WI (CBS), which is the stop almost three hours
after Chicago. Same train.
Anyway, the ticket prices are significantly higher from this
later stop...
(CHI-SEA 6k pts, CBS-SEA 10k pts)
I searched the forums but a lot of info on this seems to be outdated, or only applicable to the station the topic starter mentioned. Called amtrak but they are unable to explain why the ticketing system generates this higher price.
Does anybody have any recent experience- with boarding at a later station than the ticket departure station on a long distance train,
- or with rebooking to change to a later departure station without being charged double?
Have a nice day!