billiam

Fare is basis LDA3BSN.
Sample itin:

Flight: Continental Airlines flight 485 on a Boeing 737-800 Jet
Depart: Portland, OR (PDX)- Fri, Mar 02 7:30am
Arrive: Newark, NJ (EWR) - Fri, Mar 02 3:38pm
Connecting To

Flight: Continental Airlines flight 9443 operated by AMTRAK TRAIN 137 on a Train
Depart: Newark, NJ (EWR)- Fri, Mar 02 6:42pm
Arrive: Philadelphia Rail, PA (ZFV) - Fri, Mar 02 7:42pm

Return flights

Flight: Continental Airlines flight 9477 operated by AMTRAK TRAIN 194 on a Train
Depart: Philadelphia Rail, PA (ZFV)- Sat, Mar 03 3:18pm
Arrive: Newark, NJ (EWR) - Sat, Mar 03 4:19pm
Connecting To

Flight: Continental Airlines flight 784 on a Boeing 737-800 Jet
Depart: Newark, NJ (EWR)- Sat, Mar 03 5:30pm
Arrive: Portland, OR (PDX) - Sat, Mar 03 8:35pm

sbm12

Because people are likely to ask, Yes, you have to take the train ride(s). If you don't, CO will cancel your return. Happy fliying.

asimu pawa

Are there good ways to find low ZFV fares and to find good routings? A lot of online tools don't seem to handle them well.

civicmon

virtually anything on CO from PHL that requires an EWR routing will on the train.

I think they have like 3 flights a day.... if that.

Rest are via IAH or CLE.

edit: I also clicked on this thread to say that it required the train ride.. it's fairly comfy and leaves you in Center City, Philly.

opushomes

February 23 (Fri) Return Feb 26 is $149 RT including taxes. They are offering this fare on the very full 0730 departure. Marsha (NW silver) is presently stuck in a center seat and I have a window. It has been many years since this ignominius type of thing has happened.

This is a great deal for a CO elite, almost 6k eqm to PHL (almost 3K for us NW elites) with a chance for a transcon 1st class EUA.

Canarsie

This will be ideal training for those who need practice doing mileage runs — or, at least, they will be on the right track.

Please do not rail into me for posting this...

opushomes

Not only is this good practice for mileage runs. CO silver for less than $750, but also a good practice for a matress run. Our HHonors gold expires in April. They refuse to give more fast track offers to yours truly (there actually is note in file noting this). Four stays were needed by end of February, but 9 after March 1 due to the rolling stay qualification. This looked like an impossible task with 21 days left for this casual traveler when, CO decided to discount PDX-PHL. 4 Hiltons and Hamptons in 4 nights became easy and my wife gets a tour of eastern PA and western NJ to boot.

No brickbats thrown here.

LGACIC

I'm flying just one way (pdx-zfv) in March. If I check in for the Amtrak leg at the EWR train station, but don't get on the train, will get the 500 train miles?

gforce

Quick questions:
1. Do we get 500 EQMs for each train segment?
2. Any EUAs on Amtrak?!?

ControlTower

that's the only hope on this MR.

esofina

Great fare. But I can only find as low as $191.10 on continental.com
Any hints for the lower fare?

Thx!

opushomes

I just plugged in my dates, using the flexible search feature. The fare popped up along with other higher ones. Unless one of Larry's lurkers read this thread and pulled it, you should find it if it is there. Remember, these fares are capacity controlled.

I plugged in my dates with the "search one day earlier and later" and got our $191.10 but $171.10 is available on dates nearby

bspencerco

Amtrak is 250 minimum, not 500.

RamAir

Book the trips as One Way . . . then you don't have to take the train from EWR-ZFV. You MUST get your own luggage in EWR, it doesn't transfer.
SR

JT_BOS

Amtrak still uses paper tickets, and the train ride crediting usually takes a long time to process. Realistically, there is no way for CO to know that one did not ride the train, especially in a situation like a 1-day or 2-day MR run, unless I'm missing something here.