Originally Posted by tomcanada22

I'm baffled when I saw the wiki above saying can't redeem for Amtrak which is a top national train carrier but will accept a rail tix from a Japanese carrier??
Has anyone ever tried Amtrak for over $25 and redeem for miles?

Also just to clarify that I could do a partial redemption instead of using all the miles at once -
1)- meaning if I booked a flight for $400 and have enough miles in the acct but only wanted to redeem for $200 worth or 20000 miles. as long as the min amount was $25.

2)And assume its also possible to book an expensive air tix , like $1500 but don't have enough points (only 40000 sign up miles) so just redeem for whatever miles I actually have will be accepted by the Arrival card?

3)anyone have success using Hotwire our price line to redeem for hotel stays?

Thanks