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Miss Chief wrote:It sure looks nice!No....Sleeper Plus passengers can also use the Prestige Park Car except during some restricted times during the Peak SummerSseason and even then.....it's restricted only during certain times of the day.
If it's only available to prestige customer.........
NS VIA FAN wrote:For several months VIA's amenities comparison chart has indicated that peak season (for Park car access, that is, not for fares) runs from April 30 until Oct. 12. When searching fares on Reservia, a notice pops up advising of the restrictions starting "April 30 2017 in peak season" but does not give the end of peak season. This Reservia notice appears right until the end of the year, implying that the restrictions are in effect on the date chosen. I contacted VIA customer service for a clarification because there is no way that peak season runs through November and December. VIA agreed that this notice was ambiguous, given what appears in the amenities section, and said it would be corrected within a week. That was two months ago and it has not been amended.Miss Chief wrote:It sure looks nice!No....Sleeper Plus passengers can also use the Prestige Park Car except during some restricted times during the Peak SummerSseason and even then.....it's restricted only during certain times of the day.
If it's only available to prestige customer.........
For 2017.....between Apr 30 and Oct 22:
"Starting April 30, 2017, during peak season, access to the Prestige Park Car will be limited to scheduled times for Sleeper Plus passengers. Sleeper Plus passengers will be able to access the Prestige Park car on the following schedule: from 2:00PM until last call 10:30PM, with the exception of evenings upon departure from Toronto and Vancouver where access will be exclusive to Prestige passengers. *Scheduled access times are subject to change"
Even in the Dome.... only some seats are reserved for Prestige Passengers
"A select number of seats in the Prestige Park car are reserved for our Prestige passengers at all times in the scenic dome (year-round")
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Rockingham Racer wrote:Seems to me that April 30 is awfully early to be "peak season".Tell that to those riding the 20 car 'Canadians' right now with 12 sleepers.