Amtrak

Took the Borealis from St. Paul to Milwaukee last weekend. An announcement said they had hot dogs and a couple other items ‘on sale.’ I had planned to get one anyway (don’t judge me), but what is that about?

This is a new group to me, but this happened recently. This photo, and its caption, features part of the Amtrak station. It was a pretty big deal here. Sorry if irrelevant.

This is a new group to me, but this happened recently. This photo, and its caption, features part of the Amtrak station. It was a pretty big deal here. Sorry if irrelevant.

This is a new group to me, but this happened recently. This photo, and its caption, features part of the Amtrak station. It was a pretty big deal here. Sorry if irrelevant.

This is a new group to me, but this happened recently. This photo, and its caption, features part of the Amtrak station. It was a pretty big deal here. Sorry if irrelevant.

This is a new group to me, but this happened recently. This photo, and its caption, features part of the Amtrak station. It was a pretty big deal here. Sorry if irrelevant.

It seems that the new fare system took effect yesterday. In addition to changes to the availability of full refunds per fare type, a lot of routes got cheaper. I just got $32 back for an upcoming trip to Buffalo and back on the Lake Shore Limited by going to Modify Trip and reselecting the trains I had already booked, which moved my trip to the new fare system at the lower available price. If you have an upcoming trip, definitely double-check if you can get some money back as well.

Amtrak’s website is a godawful mess. It’s hard to search, hard to book, and hard to follow train updates.