MilesBuzz! - Question about Amtrak FF program

I see that I can exchange up to 25,000 Amtrak points for United Airlines miles. I also see the same can be done for Continental and Midwest Express. The exchange is on a 1:1 basis -- no lost value.

Is there a way to exchange CO miles to Amtrak? If so, then that would be a perfect way to move miles from CO to UA.

Transfer X miles CO -> Amtrak, then transfer X miles Amtrak -> UA, with no lost value.

Is this possible?

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FCfree:
I see that I can exchange up to 25,000 Amtrak points for United Airlines miles. I also see the same can be done for Continental and Midwest Express. The exchange is on a 1:1 basis -- no lost value.

Is there a way to exchange CO miles to Amtrak? If so, then that would be a perfect way to move miles from CO to UA.
Is this possible?</font>

Call Onepass, ask to transfer miles (in 5000 mile) increments.

It takes a few minutes, IME. You'll spend longer looking for how to transfer than it would take to call CO!

Do a search for "amtrak" on the CO forum or "continental" on the amtrak one, and you'll probably get the backup you need.\

Sigh. You don't even have to do a search. If you just looked in the Amtrak forum (http://www.flyertalk.com/forumcgi/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=AMTRAK&number=136&DaysPrune=5&LastLogin=), you'd see the active thread, Transfers between airline miles and Amtrak points (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum136/HTML/000148.html) which covers everything you need to know, or will be a much more likely place to get a definitive answer from those who do know.

Mods, do as you will.

[This message has been edited by Rut Dog (edited 08-09-2003).]

Thanks for the info. I didn't know we had an Amtrak forum. Now I do.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FCfree:
Thanks for the info. I didn't know we had an Amtrak forum. Now I do.</font>

Members helping members. I like it!

I will retire this thread here. Please continue to discuss Amtrak GuestRewards in the Amtrak forum.

Regards,
Gary
aka gleff
MilesBuzz and Delta moderator