Reserved Seating Question
Oct 13, 2021 | 8:01 am
#1
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Reserved Seating Question
I have a weird question about assigned seating on NE Regional Business Class and Acela Express:
Hypothetical situation: The train BOS-WAS has 2 seats (for simplicity) Person 1 books Seat A BOS-NYP and Person 2 books Seat B NYP-WAS. Will person C looking to book NHV-PHL find zero inventory?
Hypothetical situation: The train BOS-WAS has 2 seats (for simplicity) Person 1 books Seat A BOS-NYP and Person 2 books Seat B NYP-WAS. Will person C looking to book NHV-PHL find zero inventory?
Oct 18, 2021 | 1:13 pm
#3
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I think I agree with the poster above. I rode the Acela quiet ride car last week BOS-PHL and noticed that just about every seat was reserved when I made my reservation. However, in reality, less than half the seats were ever occupied, even after NYP.
Oct 18, 2021 | 6:21 pm
#4
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Two further notes -- I always book window seats, and would be "annoyed" to say the least if Amtrak were to move me to an aisle seat in order to accommodate the hypothetical NHV-PHL passenger in post # 1.
I have wondered why the online seat map does not get updated en route -- as people get off, leaving vacant seats, the online seat map should show that the seats are now available. But that doesn't happen. On my last NYP-WAS trip, my car was full when we left NYP, but only had about 10 passengers left when we left BWI. Yet, the online seat map still showed a full car!
I have wondered why the online seat map does not get updated en route -- as people get off, leaving vacant seats, the online seat map should show that the seats are now available. But that doesn't happen. On my last NYP-WAS trip, my car was full when we left NYP, but only had about 10 passengers left when we left BWI. Yet, the online seat map still showed a full car!