Comment by bombcar
1 day ago
A trick that won’t always work - get the sleeper for four and have the fifth visit. You just gotta be nice to the conductor and the sleeper attendant.
But the other option is to just all get lower level coach seats next to each other - sometimes five or six is about all they have down there. Make a new friend!
Where it won't work is getting into the dining car - the cost of meals on a train is a large part of why sleepers are a "good" deal. (Amtrak meals are expensive for what you get)