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Take Amtrak for Thanksgiving or Christmas and Avoid Airport Security

Amtrak offers 15% student discounst

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Amtrak offers a great student discount: 15% off with an ISIC card -- nice chunk of change. Of course, a major Amtrak malfunction is that, outside the Northeast US, routes slim down seriously; make sure the train goes where you want to get, and you can have an easy ride on the rails for Thanksgiving and / or Christmas (what a relief over a rockin' busy airport). Learn more about Amtrak discounts:

Traveling on Amtrak is especially worth looking into now that air travel has gotten very difficult and airport rules increasingly complex -- learn more about Amtrak's pretty simple security rules:

Amtrak Travel Tips and Photos

Learn about Amtrak passes (finally!):

Learn more about traveling on Amtrak:

Views from the train:

Go on to the next page to learn about taking the bus, and how to get student discounts on Greyhound: 1 2 3 4 5

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