Category: Amtrak
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Hurry–Amtrak Children Discount Changing to Maximum Age of 12 Years Old!
Amtrak currently provides a passenger children discount of 50% for children aged 2-15. This is what they say: Children Ages 2-15 Save 50% Up to two children ages 2-15 are eligible to receive a 50% discount on the lowest available adult rail fare on most Amtrak trains with each fare-paying adult (age 18+). If any…
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Travelers’ Rights: Getting Compensation for Airline Mistakes
Check out Susan Stellin’s article on how to get money back from airlines who leave you stranded or deliver your luggage late. Click here to read the whole story. Ms. Stellin notes that there are laws that give travelers greater protection in Europe than in the United States. However, the airlines on both sides of the…
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Travel Health- recovery from a ruptured disc
In case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t been posting that many personal travel experiences lately. Why? I unfortunately developed what many us have already experienced – a bad lower back injury. I’m not fully sure how it happened. It went from getting a little sore from picking up some heavy bags of soil to an…
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Amtrak College Visit Discount
Amtrak is offering a buy one, get one 50% off exclusive travel offer for families planning a college visit. This is what they say: Amtrak has partnered with Collegia to make the process of selecting a college more affordable. Our buy one, get one 50% off Campus Visit® Discount is the smart way for high…
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Wi-Fi and Amtrak: Not yet a great combination
Check out this New York Times article about the problems that passengers are still having with Amtrak’s internet service. Ron Nixon reports that travelers are complaining that the service is either too slow or simply fails to work at all. I, unfortunately, have to agree. Click here to read more. Let us know what you…
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Amtrak News: Wi-Fi and Changes to the Unaccompanied Minor Policy
–Amtrak says that it now has Wi-Fi capability on many of its routes including trips to and from NYC. I’ve been on the train a few times since this announcement, and I haven’t been successful using this service. Have you? –Effective November 1, 2011, there is a change to Amtrak’s Unaccompanied Minor Policy. I think…
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Amtrak – tips on travel
Here are some Travel Gal Tips to consider when using Amtrak: A couple who travels back and forth from Rhinecliff to NYC every week day for work clued me in on this special tip- if the train arrives at your destination more than an hour late, you have a good chance of getting your money…
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 