Does CO->Amtrak->UA really work?
Aug 21, 2003, 12:42 pm
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Does CO->Amtrak->UA really work?
Title says it all. If there are threads I should be reading in a different forum about this, let me know.
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Aug 21, 2003, 1:57 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by UpgradeMe:
Lots of threads in the CO forum.
Lots of threads in the Amtrak forum. </font>
Lots of threads in the CO forum.
Lots of threads in the Amtrak forum. </font>
Aug 21, 2003, 3:19 pm
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It absolutely works. I've done it myself. My most recent experience is 7 days CO --> Amtrak.
Amtrak does impose a cap of 25k Guest Rewards points moved out of the program to any of its transfer partners in a year (50k is the limit for Amtrak elites). Why? Because it works too well -- and Amtrak has to buy all those darned United miles!
The details are:
Get an Amtrak account first -- www.amtrakguestrewards.com
Continental miles can be transferred to Amtrak
http://www.continental.com/company/alliance/amtrak.asp
Here's how you do it -- call the Continental One Pass Service Center at (713)/952-1630 (6:30am to 8:00pm Central). Have your Continental and Amtrak account numbers and your Continental password ready. They will move miles to Amtrak in 5000 point increments. The transfer should be accomplished within 10 days.
You can move Amtrak --> United online
http://www.amtrakguestrewards.com/Redemption/online_rewards.cfm?CFID= 2646599&CFTOKEN=41006491&category=PE
Amtrak transfers allow you to move pretty much any airline into United miles.
AA: credit your miles to Midwest and transfer Midwest --> Amtrak --> United
NW: credit your miles to CO and transfer --> Amtrak --> United.
DL: credit your miles to CO and transfer --> Amtrak --> United.
AS: credit your miles to CO and transfer --> Amtrak --> United.
US: credit your miles to UA. (obvious)
UA: credit your miles to UA. (obvious)
YX: transfer your miles --> Amtrak --> United.
This doesn't work for HP unfortunately, since they're no longer partnered with CO.
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[This message has been edited by gleff (edited 08-22-2003).]
Amtrak does impose a cap of 25k Guest Rewards points moved out of the program to any of its transfer partners in a year (50k is the limit for Amtrak elites). Why? Because it works too well -- and Amtrak has to buy all those darned United miles!
The details are:
Get an Amtrak account first -- www.amtrakguestrewards.com
Continental miles can be transferred to Amtrak
http://www.continental.com/company/alliance/amtrak.asp
Here's how you do it -- call the Continental One Pass Service Center at (713)/952-1630 (6:30am to 8:00pm Central). Have your Continental and Amtrak account numbers and your Continental password ready. They will move miles to Amtrak in 5000 point increments. The transfer should be accomplished within 10 days.
You can move Amtrak --> United online
http://www.amtrakguestrewards.com/Redemption/online_rewards.cfm?CFID= 2646599&CFTOKEN=41006491&category=PE
Amtrak transfers allow you to move pretty much any airline into United miles.
AA: credit your miles to Midwest and transfer Midwest --> Amtrak --> United
NW: credit your miles to CO and transfer --> Amtrak --> United.
DL: credit your miles to CO and transfer --> Amtrak --> United.
AS: credit your miles to CO and transfer --> Amtrak --> United.
US: credit your miles to UA. (obvious)
UA: credit your miles to UA. (obvious)
YX: transfer your miles --> Amtrak --> United.
This doesn't work for HP unfortunately, since they're no longer partnered with CO.
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[This message has been edited by gleff (edited 08-22-2003).]
Aug 22, 2003, 4:58 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by arnitaruiz:
Why the transfer to Midwest? Why not transfer from CO directly to Amtrak?</font>
Why the transfer to Midwest? Why not transfer from CO directly to Amtrak?</font>
Aug 22, 2003, 9:55 am
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Racefan6: This link that gleff originally posted gives you a good idea of the redemption opportunities.
http://www.amtrakguestrewards.com/Re...91&category=PE
http://www.amtrakguestrewards.com/Re...91&category=PE
Aug 22, 2003, 11:11 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by gleff:
NW: credit your miles to CO and transfer --> Amtrak --> United.</font>
NW: credit your miles to CO and transfer --> Amtrak --> United.</font>
Aug 22, 2003, 11:18 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ptpinit:
I have 4,972 "orphaned" NW miles that I'd like to move. Any way to do this?</font>
I have 4,972 "orphaned" NW miles that I'd like to move. Any way to do this?</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Racefan6:
Does Amtrak let you transfer to any other program other than Continental?</font>
Does Amtrak let you transfer to any other program other than Continental?</font>
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(You can claim certificates/vouchers with other programs.. but can't transfer points to other programs besides the above.)
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by mylez2go:
Can you go from UA to Amtrak to CO? If so, how long does it take?</font>
Can you go from UA to Amtrak to CO? If so, how long does it take?</font>
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Aug 22, 2003, 11:41 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cAAl:
And, yes it works. You must transfer in 5,000 mile increments with a 25,000 mile per year limit. Usually it takes around three or four days to get the miles from OnePass into Guest Rewards and another week or so to move them from Guest Rewards into Mileage Plus.</font>
And, yes it works. You must transfer in 5,000 mile increments with a 25,000 mile per year limit. Usually it takes around three or four days to get the miles from OnePass into Guest Rewards and another week or so to move them from Guest Rewards into Mileage Plus.</font>