Originally Posted by
bitburgr
The 500 points is only for select city pairs on Acela, isn't it? So unless your city pairs are included, you're only getting the cost of the ticket (plus bonuses).
OT - I was reminded of this the hard way recently when, after years of riding Acela between various combinations of WAS/BAL/BWI/NWK/NYP/NHV/RTE/BOS, I did a WIL-BOS run in FC and got many fewer points than expected!
Silver lining - used an H108 for the upgrade but TA didn't collect it!
ivk5