<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by steve4:
Are you looking for the best all-around airline rewards program from Visa/MC ? I think the MBNA Amtrak card is good for airline miles because there is no annual fee and you can transfer miles in increments of 5,000 to Continental, United, and some other airlines. The drawback is that the miles will expire in three years if you don't book an Amtrak trip.
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So if you haven't booked Amtrak as per above, do they go back to your airline frequent flyer account and debit all the 5,000 point transfers? Seems like the costs of keeping track of that would be more than it's worth...