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Amtrak's $100 Booze Credit

August 2, 2007 at 9:58 AM | 0 Comments

Apparently Amtrak realized how slow its service can be sometimes, and has just announced something that will make those neverending trips a bit quicker: a $100 credit per person for alcohol between November and January. Woot! Relax, you can't exactly take part in this sweet deal unless you're traveling on the newly introduced higher-end GrandLuxe trips on the California Zephyr --between Chicago and San Francisco -- the Southwest Chief between Chicago and Los Angeles, or the Silver Meteor between Washington, D.C., and Miami or Orlando, Florida.

The above described trips are separate, special cars that attach to regular trains and operate primarily as sleeper cars. The idea is to revive some of the old-style luxury of train travel from days gone by. Tickets for these trips start at about $789, and include dinner and other drinks too, so $100 will probably cover part of your bottle of champagne in the dining car. Hey, if you've got money to burn and aren't in a rush to get there, overnight train travel is a great idea.

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