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10-12-18, 10:05 AM
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10-12-18, 10:39 AM
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No. The customer service guy told me the place where I returned it changed the rate. I called the place where I returned it. The woman there told me that if someone had changed the rate manually there would have been a notation. She also said sometimes a "computer glitch" causes a rate change. The is the second time I have had a problem with Avis. The first time they charged me for two days when I only had the car for less than 24 hrs.
Holy crap! Just looked at the original reservation summary I had Avis email me again. The base rate was $260. So they did charge me for two days again.
Holy crap! Just looked at the original reservation summary I had Avis email me again. The base rate was $260. So they did charge me for two days again.
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10-12-18, 10:56 AM
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$260 to drive across the state? You probably could have ridden the train for less.
10-12-18, 10:59 AM
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10-12-18, 11:11 AM
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Long sleeve Jersey and windbreaker with bib shorts for today's ride. Topping out at 70 degrees. Gorgeous blue skies abound. It is sweater vest season.
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10-12-18, 11:16 AM
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Long sleeve Jersey and windbreaker with bib shorts for today's ride. Topping out at 70 degrees. Gorgeous blue skies abound. It is sweater vest season.
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10-12-18, 11:18 AM
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Big enough SUV that I could toss the bike right in the back with all my gear. That's how I roll.
10-12-18, 11:20 AM
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10-12-18, 11:20 AM
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10-12-18, 11:22 AM
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10-12-18, 11:33 AM
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10-12-18, 11:34 AM
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No. The customer service guy told me the place where I returned it changed the rate. I called the place where I returned it. The woman there told me that if someone had changed the rate manually there would have been a notation. She also said sometimes a "computer glitch" causes a rate change. The is the second time I have had a problem with Avis. The first time they charged me for two days when I only had the car for less than 24 hrs.
Holy crap! Just looked at the original reservation summary I had Avis email me again. The base rate was $260. So they did charge me for two days again.
Holy crap! Just looked at the original reservation summary I had Avis email me again. The base rate was $260. So they did charge me for two days again.
10-12-18, 11:35 AM
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https://www.amtrak.com/stations/alc
10-12-18, 11:37 AM
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Would you buy a van to ride across Pennsylvania?
10-12-18, 11:41 AM
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10-12-18, 11:51 AM
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10-12-18, 11:52 AM
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There's a station in Alliance. Close enough. And you can take bikes on the train.
https://www.amtrak.com/stations/alc
https://www.amtrak.com/stations/alc
1. It's not close enough, and the arrival time at Alliance is 1:39 a.m. assuming on time arrival.
2. It's very hard to get your bike to PGH to get the Capitol Limited from there. The Pennsylvanian from PHL to PGH does not allow bikes. Ergo, you have to go from PHL to D.C. on one of the few trains that allows bikes and then catch the Capitol Limited. The Vermonter is, of course, off the table because it arrives in D.C. long after the Capitol Limited departs.
Other than all that, your suggestion to save a few hundred bucks, if that, sounds just perfect. Have you ever given any thought to becoming a travel planner?
10-12-18, 11:53 AM
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10-12-18, 11:54 AM
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10-12-18, 11:55 AM
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10-12-18, 11:58 AM
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10-12-18, 11:59 AM
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10-12-18, 12:00 PM
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Hot 'r Not?
10-12-18, 12:03 PM
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10-12-18, 12:04 PM
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My snow is actually sticking and that's odd considering it was 87-88Ί on Monday. 
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