Originally Posted by
diesteldorf
I want to travel from Tomah, WI to Austin, TX roudtrip in a deluxe bedroom.
It is all travel within the same zone and 1 zone travel in a bedroom would be 20,000 each way.
The only available route, unless I am mistaken, is to take the Empire Builder to Chicago and overnight in Chicago before catching the Texas Eagle. The same is true for the return trip.
Since AGR insists you must take the most direct route offered, does anyone think AGR would allow this?
I'm honestly not sure what will happen. The general rule is if you can't plan the trip using Amtrak's website as a paid trip, then you can't get an AGR award for that routing either. In this case you can't book such a trip in one shot, one has to use the multi-city option.
On the other hand, there are technically no rules that would prevent such an award and you aren't trying to take advantage of the program and prolong your trip.
Best advice, call and ask. If you don't like the answer, wait an hour or two and try again. I'd suggest trying three or four times before giving up, assuming that you don't get the answer you want.