UA: ZFV-SAN/SEA/SMF/PDX/LAS $151 ai RT
May 26, 2013, 11:30 am
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Yes. You must ride the train to EWR or your flight will be cancelled. Since Amtrak has been scanning the tickets on the train, it seems the "communication" between Amtrak and UA has become quicker.
You can, however, pick up your ticket in NY Penn, take NJ Transit to Metropark, and then hop on the Amtrak train there rather than going all the way down to ZFV. You must ride the train that is noted on the ticket though. You can't just hop on any Amtrak train.
You can, however, pick up your ticket in NY Penn, take NJ Transit to Metropark, and then hop on the Amtrak train there rather than going all the way down to ZFV. You must ride the train that is noted on the ticket though. You can't just hop on any Amtrak train.
And where is Metropark?
May 26, 2013, 11:36 am
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May 26, 2013, 11:39 am
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if youre on the return trip/the train leg is the last leg of your itin, you can just not do anything and drop it as there's nothing for them to cancel
if you actually do want to take the train, and dont want to wait that long, imo the agents at the train desk (on the train pier, after getting out of the airtrain gates, next to the dunking donuts) are very accommodating; if there is an earlier southbound NE regional train (usually there is unless you're traveling at midnite) they would put you on it; you probably wont get RDM, but if you can probably fight for it with united
if you actually do want to take the train, and dont want to wait that long, imo the agents at the train desk (on the train pier, after getting out of the airtrain gates, next to the dunking donuts) are very accommodating; if there is an earlier southbound NE regional train (usually there is unless you're traveling at midnite) they would put you on it; you probably wont get RDM, but if you can probably fight for it with united
May 27, 2013, 8:14 am
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May 27, 2013, 1:10 pm
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Yes. You must ride the train to EWR or your flight will be cancelled. Since Amtrak has been scanning the tickets on the train, it seems the "communication" between Amtrak and UA has become quicker.
You can, however, pick up your ticket in NY Penn, take NJ Transit to Metropark, and then hop on the Amtrak train there rather than going all the way down to ZFV. You must ride the train that is noted on the ticket though. You can't just hop on any Amtrak train.
You can, however, pick up your ticket in NY Penn, take NJ Transit to Metropark, and then hop on the Amtrak train there rather than going all the way down to ZFV. You must ride the train that is noted on the ticket though. You can't just hop on any Amtrak train.
I "flew" out of ZFV in Dec.'12 and simply picked up my train ticket in Trenton the night before my EWR flight, but never used the train. Went straight to EWR and had no problems.
May 27, 2013, 2:17 pm
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As the OP noted, that's before the new Amtrak scanning.
May 27, 2013, 2:20 pm
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And what if travel begins on the west coast, so that the 2 train rides are sandwiched between the flights?
May 27, 2013, 5:57 pm
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well...then there's no real way to get out of it as far as i know. i mean you can stop at trenton or some other stop along the regional line, but there's by far a lot more stuff to do/stay at around 30th station...
May 27, 2013, 7:28 pm
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May 27, 2013, 7:37 pm
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Yes. You must ride the train to EWR or your flight will be cancelled. Since Amtrak has been scanning the tickets on the train, it seems the "communication" between Amtrak and UA has become quicker.
You can, however, pick up your ticket in NY Penn, take NJ Transit to Metropark, and then hop on the Amtrak train there rather than going all the way down to ZFV. You must ride the train that is noted on the ticket though. You can't just hop on any Amtrak train.
You can, however, pick up your ticket in NY Penn, take NJ Transit to Metropark, and then hop on the Amtrak train there rather than going all the way down to ZFV. You must ride the train that is noted on the ticket though. You can't just hop on any Amtrak train.
You're saying that you can pick up the ticket anywhere from Amtrak?
NY Penn, Trenton, Stamford, Boston.... ??
^
So, do you think this would work?
Buy a ticket that starts in ZFV
Pick up the ticket at Trenton before the train is scheduled to depart ZFV.
Get on the ticketed Amtrak train from ZFV-EWR at Trenton.
Make sure that the conductor scans the ticket.
Or the other direction... ???
A ZVE-EWR train
Get the ticket at NY Penn.
Get on the assigned train to EWR
May 27, 2013, 8:59 pm
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You're saying that you can pick up the ticket anywhere from Amtrak?
NY Penn, Trenton, Stamford, Boston.... ??
^
So, do you think this would work?
Buy a ticket that starts in ZFV
Pick up the ticket at Trenton before the train is scheduled to depart ZFV.
Get on the ticketed Amtrak train from ZFV-EWR at Trenton.
Make sure that the conductor scans the ticket.
Or the other direction... ???
A ZVE-EWR train
Get the ticket at NY Penn.
Get on the assigned train to EWR
NY Penn, Trenton, Stamford, Boston.... ??
^
So, do you think this would work?
Buy a ticket that starts in ZFV
Pick up the ticket at Trenton before the train is scheduled to depart ZFV.
Get on the ticketed Amtrak train from ZFV-EWR at Trenton.
Make sure that the conductor scans the ticket.
Or the other direction... ???
A ZVE-EWR train
Get the ticket at NY Penn.
Get on the assigned train to EWR
May 28, 2013, 12:38 am
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Agreed. And always book one way itins just in case of a foul up.
May 28, 2013, 12:45 am
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