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Amtrak USA Rail Pass: Travel 10 Segments within 30-Days

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Amtrak is offering an introductory fare for its Amtrak USA Rail Pass where you can travel 10 Segments within 30-Days for $299.

Thanks to Deal Hunter serra for finding this deal.

Note, book this offer from June 8 - 22

About the USA Rail Pass:
  • The USA Rail Pass allows you to take a multi-segment journey on Amtrak for one low, fixed price. After you purchase your pass, you will be able to start booking each segment of your trip directly from your purchase confirmation, by going to 'Modify Trip' on Amtrak.com, or by looking up your reservation on the Amtrak mobile app.
  • A travel segment occurs any time you board and disembark a train (or other scheduled services). If your trip involves making one connection, you will use two segments of your USA Rail Pass.
  • The pass validity period is 120 days following the date of your purchase. Once you travel on your first segment, you will have 30 days before your pass expires.
  • The USA Rail Pass is not a ticket and is not valid for travel; it is used to obtain all tickets for travel. You must have a ticket and a reservation for each train you board.
  • Travel in regular Coach class seats which feature wide, reclining seats with a big picture window, ample legroom, and no middle seat.
  • Hop on/off the train across 500 destinations

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Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This offer is $200 lower (40% savings) than the regular price of $499.
    • The USA Rail Pass is valid for travel on all Amtrak trains except Auto Train, Acela, Thruway bus connections (7000-7999 series), and the Canadian portion of trains operated jointly by Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada.
    • Travel is restricted to four one-way trips between two cities, and to all cities in between, over the same route.
    • Review the complete terms and conditions here. -qwikwit

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Written by serra | Staff
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Amtrak is offering an introductory fare for its Amtrak USA Rail Pass where you can travel 10 Segments within 30-Days for $299.

Thanks to Deal Hunter serra for finding this deal.

Note, book this offer from June 8 - 22

About the USA Rail Pass:
  • The USA Rail Pass allows you to take a multi-segment journey on Amtrak for one low, fixed price. After you purchase your pass, you will be able to start booking each segment of your trip directly from your purchase confirmation, by going to 'Modify Trip' on Amtrak.com, or by looking up your reservation on the Amtrak mobile app.
  • A travel segment occurs any time you board and disembark a train (or other scheduled services). If your trip involves making one connection, you will use two segments of your USA Rail Pass.
  • The pass validity period is 120 days following the date of your purchase. Once you travel on your first segment, you will have 30 days before your pass expires.
  • The USA Rail Pass is not a ticket and is not valid for travel; it is used to obtain all tickets for travel. You must have a ticket and a reservation for each train you board.
  • Travel in regular Coach class seats which feature wide, reclining seats with a big picture window, ample legroom, and no middle seat.
  • Hop on/off the train across 500 destinations

Editor's Notes

Written by qwikwit | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This offer is $200 lower (40% savings) than the regular price of $499.
    • The USA Rail Pass is valid for travel on all Amtrak trains except Auto Train, Acela, Thruway bus connections (7000-7999 series), and the Canadian portion of trains operated jointly by Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada.
    • Travel is restricted to four one-way trips between two cities, and to all cities in between, over the same route.
    • Review the complete terms and conditions here. -qwikwit

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murxam
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You have to use all 10 rides within 30 days from your first ride. But the first ride has to be made within 120 days of the pass purchase.
irrationalconsumer
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How do you work on the train? The amtrak wifi is garbage based on my experience
IlluminatusCU
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Not just the distance between cities but the layout. In most cities you're gonna need to rent a car over and over to get around within town, and if you're doing that - just rent the car and drive the distance.

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Jun 10, 2021 01:57 AM
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steinsintxJun 10, 2021 01:57 AM
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Quote from itsarectangle :
How's this never become a big thing? Eurail on the other hand is awesome.
Because Europe has walkable cities and towns, local public transportation, even in small cities, and their rail systems are integrated well with their other transportation systems.
Jun 10, 2021 02:27 AM
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PostConsumerWatJun 10, 2021 02:27 AM
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Amtrak seats can be pretty great... even trains can give me motion sick tho... so I am not allowed to read much or anything like that... need to have some fun/sustaining mission or business to pursue... too jaded now

Eurail pass was awesome experience... also, high speed rail is pretty sweet at least as an experience to ride... though I have only taken one of the trains in Sweden that leans into curves...

too disillusioned now... tho maybe eurail would be nice again... all the little local lines and ... I guess I just take usa for granted... it's maybe not as appealing... may be similar to how some video streams I would rather listen to in a language I am not so familiar with....but there is something else too
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Jun 10, 2021 03:45 AM
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theoutlawtornJun 10, 2021 03:45 AM
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Quote from kgorilla :
I don't have to take HSR to understand it will be slower, cost more and be less convenient than air travel. .
I'm curious have you ever flown before? Since when is air travel convenient? Between the massive lines, brain-dead high school drop-outs at the TSA, planes designed for midgets & having to be there 2 hours early, what is so great about air travel?
Jun 10, 2021 03:50 AM
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fishweb.pJun 10, 2021 03:50 AM
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Quote from theoutlawtorn :
I'm curious have you ever flown before? Since when is air travel convenient? Between the massive lines, brain-dead high school drop-outs at the TSA, planes designed for midgets & having to be there 2 hours early, what is so great about air travel?
Well umm, how long does it take to fly to NY and how long does it take to take a train to NY from SF or LA?
Jun 10, 2021 03:55 AM
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chargerJun 10, 2021 03:55 AM
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Quote from kgorilla :
I don't have to take HSR to understand it will be slower, cost more and be less convenient than air travel. Don't see why I can't make that accurate assessment without having experienced the magic that is HSR. London Paris isn't a California route last I checked.
Wow. Just stop.
Jun 10, 2021 04:18 AM
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fbckidsJun 10, 2021 04:18 AM
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Quote from KMan :
Train travel is competitive with flight for trips of 100-250 miles, and is often net faster once you factor in getting to the airport, checking in, security, waiting at the gate, taxing before takeoff and after landing, etc., compared to getting to the downtown train station 30 minutes before the train leaves, then departing the destination station within minutes of arrival and being downtown. It's also usually less stressful, as there's more room between seats, you can buy food and drinks onboard and walk around, and it's often more scenic. I don't travel much these days but living in NYC if I were going to DC, Philly or Boston and didn't really need a car there, I'd take Amtrak without question.
This is 100% true in the Northeast Corridor, where Amtrak owns the tracks and has total control over its operations. In Ohio, where I live, Amtrak is at the mercy of the freight train companies to the extent that Amtrak trains have to pull over to allow freight trains to pass. For the national train system to expand and be successful, there needs to be federal legislation stipulating that passenger rail takes priority over freight, regardless of the rails being used, as they were all federally subsdized. My daughter took an 8-hour Amtrak trip to DC that turned into 15 hours, with zero compensation, not even lunch, and she had a roomette. Since the train was supposed to arrive before lunch, she was told to buy her own lunch, which was total garbage.
Jun 10, 2021 04:23 AM
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fbckidsJun 10, 2021 04:23 AM
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Quote from KMan :
If you take a long train trip through scenic parts of the country and poor WiFi and cellular data is that important to you, your priorities are messed-up. Long train trips are to unplug, relax and sightsee, maybe read a book or listen to music, not spend all day on FB or twitter being just another human drone. And no, no one back home really wants to see what you're seeing in real time through their phones, even if they pretend that they do. Nor do your fellow passengers in the lounge car want to overhear your Whatsapp video call.

Now, if you're traveling on business for several hours, that's a whole other matter and having a reliable and fast connection is important. But, two totally different kinds of train trips.
Amtrak advertises Wifi on board. Not some of the time, all of the time. In this day and age, it can be done anywhere on earth, so it's an issue. It's actually harder than it used to be to relax on a train trip with reduced food and beverage offerings, totally unlike, say a cruise ship.

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Jun 10, 2021 04:38 AM
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lanbJun 10, 2021 04:38 AM
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Quote from fishweb.p :
Well umm, how long does it take to fly to NY and how long does it take to take a train to NY from SF or LA?
If the US had HSR like the rest of the world, it would be about 12-13 hours from SFO-NYC
at current speeds.
An overnight trip on sleeper berths instead of the 6 hour flight in cramped seats + Airport madness.

Reducing C02 emissions by up to 90% would be the icing on the cake

Train vs. Plane [seat61.com]

Fly, Drive or Train [bbc.com]
Last edited by lanb June 9, 2021 at 10:42 PM.
Jun 10, 2021 04:49 AM
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JH0214Jun 10, 2021 04:49 AM
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Quote from Edxzxz :
Am I missing something here or does this 'deal' require you to take 10 train trips in a span of 30 days, at $30 per trip? Who does that? Where are you going that you won't need a car when you get there, and you're only staying 3 days or so at every single one of the 10 places you go? Maybe for someone who lives in Philly and works in NYC?
Have a coworker who commutes from philly (starts from trenton? I believe) to nyc penn by nj transit. Ride is only an hr and 10 mins or so. On the other hand, my commute from coney island to herald sq takes abt the same time lol.
Jun 10, 2021 04:53 AM
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vilto_1184Jun 10, 2021 04:53 AM
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Quote from lanb :
If the US had HSR like the rest of the world, it would be about 12-13 hours from SFO-NYC
at current speeds.
An overnight trip on sleeper berths instead of the 6 hour flight in cramped seats + Airport madness.

Reducing C02 emissions by up to 90% would be the icing on the cake

Train vs. Plane [seat61.com]

Fly, Drive or Train [bbc.com]
Right, though at least in Europe a good portion of the benefit to riding rail is the proximity to the city centers. That's not always the case in the US, and with sprawl and highways cutting through many US municipal downtowns -- the ones that aren't dilapidated -- I feel that the ultimate benefits of rail travel within the US will be limited.

Unfortunately there is little desire or movement towards investing in high speed rail, largely due to existing players' (car companies and politicians paid by who knows who, as well as a populace of which less than 50% have a passport, thus haven't traveled to places with reliable rail systems) preconceived notions and short-sighted mentalities.

Out west there's still plenty of space/land so the new "American dream" of a cheaply-built mega home is seen as the norm. The idea of a city center is lost on most Americans, at least the way I see it.

Sooner or later those national parks will be too hectic to visit with two-lane roads at capacity year round. Perhaps the California HSR and the Las Vegas to "Los Angeles" privately-funded HSR projects will change minds, but unfortunately they're imperfect and years away.

I'd love to ride Amtrak, but outside of the northeast, it's a pretty treacherous journey.
Jun 10, 2021 12:06 PM
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figure8Jun 10, 2021 12:06 PM
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10 trips in 30 days?:laugh out loud
Jun 10, 2021 12:59 PM
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KManJun 10, 2021 12:59 PM
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Quote from fbckids :
This is 100% true in the Northeast Corridor, where Amtrak owns the tracks and has total control over its operations. In Ohio, where I live, Amtrak is at the mercy of the freight train companies to the extent that Amtrak trains have to pull over to allow freight trains to pass. For the national train system to expand and be successful, there needs to be federal legislation stipulating that passenger rail takes priority over freight, regardless of the rails being used, as they were all federally subsdized. My daughter took an 8-hour Amtrak trip to DC that turned into 15 hours, with zero compensation, not even lunch, and she had a roomette. Since the train was supposed to arrive before lunch, she was told to buy her own lunch, which was total garbage.
Agreed, there need to be legal, financial and technological improvements for this to happen. But there's no reason it can't happen. The public wants or would want it, there's no lack of inexpensive investment capital out there, and the tech's very mature at this point. We'd probably have to add tracks to parallel existing ones in crowded sectors, but that can be done on existing or acquired rights of way. It's just a matter of political will, and we're in a moment where that might actually exist.
Jun 10, 2021 01:05 PM
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KManJun 10, 2021 01:05 PM
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Quote from kgorilla :
I don't have to take HSR to understand it will be slower, cost more and be less convenient than air travel. Don't see why I can't make that accurate assessment without having experienced the magic that is HSR. London Paris isn't a California route last I checked.
So...you don't need evidence to know that something is true or not...because reasons...like how you just KNOW that that thing that happened last November didn't actually happen but was the biggest fraud in history...because reasons...

I don't need evidence to just KNOW that the moon is made of cheese!

I'm not even sure that you realize that you're trolling. Literally not a word that makes sense, as proven by countless countries who've made HSR succeed. Do you even know what the words "understand" and "accurate" mean? Is the ground, gravity and physics different in CA from Europe?

You're also basically saying that we're exceptionally incompetent in the US and can't do what other countries have done. Wow.
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Jun 10, 2021 01:10 PM
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KManJun 10, 2021 01:10 PM
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Quote from steinsintx :
Because Europe has walkable cities and towns, local public transportation, even in small cities, and their rail systems are integrated well with their other transportation systems.
ALL of this is also true or could be made true in the US. If you look at the US as a continent rather than country, it's not that different from Europe. Or perhaps China's a better example, comparable size, terrain variety and urban/rural mix, yet they've made it happen in 20 years. There's nothing special about US cities or the land between them making this impossible or impractical. And our best cities are absolutely walkable and have or could have great public transit. Where have you been in the US where this isn't so? And we haven't even gotten into how well this would serve more rural passengers, who might want to travel to a local city or distant small town now and then, to shop, see family or friends, or sightsee. Also getting to regional airports would be easier, so rail improvements, both regular and HSR, tie into air travel.
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Jun 10, 2021 01:17 PM
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KManJun 10, 2021 01:17 PM
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Quote from lanb :
If the US had HSR like the rest of the world, it would be about 12-13 hours from SFO-NYC
at current speeds.
An overnight trip on sleeper berths instead of the 6 hour flight in cramped seats + Airport madness.

Reducing C02 emissions by up to 90% would be the icing on the cake

Train vs. Plane [seat61.com]

Fly, Drive or Train [bbc.com]
That's never going to happen because the costs would be prohibitive and relatively few people would take it, making it hugely unprofitable way beyond how most trains are. However, taking a series of interconnected HSR routes cross-country might someday be feasible, making it possible to cross the country in less than 24 hours. Say, NYC-Chicago in 6 hours, then Chicago-Denver in 6, then Denver-SF in 10. So take the first leg at say 9am in NYC and arrive at 2pm local time in Chicago, take the 4pm to Denver and arrive at 9pm local time, then take the 11pm sleeper to SF and arrive at 8am local time. That's actually 26 hours, if you include the layovers, but still fast.

I suspect that quite a few people would take this. But it's decades away if ever. Still, cool idea.
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