Well today, after perhaps a kick from me in the fleshy protuberance that they sit on (rhymes with glass), they added weekend Acela trips, but not other trains, but still have all the weekday trains. So as of 1/1/16 one can book either a weekend or weekday Acela trip.
NYRF/Amtrak trips
#11
Posted 01 January 2016 - 11:42 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#12
Posted 03 January 2016 - 12:11 AM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#13
Posted 03 January 2016 - 11:09 AM
Any chance that Amtrak goes ahead and runs the weekday schedule that day? Since it is not a major holiday, some commuter railroads run weekday (SEPTA) or special hybrid schedules (such as LIRR/M-N) that reflect many working that day.
Doubtful. The printed timetables show Sunday running a Saturday schedule, and Monday running a Sunday schedule. Also, Amtrak.com is selling President's Day (2/15), Memorial Day (5/30), and Independence Day (7/4) as normal weekdays. Even next Thanksgiving's Day is selling as a weekday. The description "clueless" comes to mind.
Seriously, Amtrak: how hard can this be?
#14
Posted 03 January 2016 - 01:29 PM
#15
Posted 04 January 2016 - 04:28 AM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#16
Posted 04 January 2016 - 08:23 AM
#17
Posted 04 January 2016 - 01:03 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#18
Posted 04 January 2016 - 03:20 PM
Southbound BOS-NYP is OK. However, as you said, northbound is still a mix of weekday (not all) and weekend Acela's. I've given up trying to figure out what Amtrak does or why. America’s Railroad®Bill, I just put in an arbitrary NYP-BOS trip for 1/18 and it still shows the weekday train numbers, as well as weekend Acelas only.
#19
Posted 07 January 2016 - 08:19 PM
The moment has arrived here on the 7th day of the year. Today they figured things out, and one can book a Regional trip on a weekend schedule on the 18th. So if travelling home or anywhere else on the Monday of the Fest, you can go ahead and reserve without worry of a cancellation. Just be careful as they may not yet have removed all of the incorrect train numbers that were there all along.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#20
Posted 08 January 2016 - 03:53 PM
Just a few minutes ago I got an emailed itinerary and receipt showing train 669 instead of the weekday train I originally booked at the approximate same time.
I keep my special sale fare of $28 one way.
Had I waited for the proper schedule to be loaded that train is $107 one way NYP-PHL. Others around it are $78-99 but there is $55 available if leaving three hours later on train #165.
Edit to add: The robocall just came to advise me of the change.
Edited by jacorbett70, 08 January 2016 - 04:43 PM.
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