Originally Posted by
NYCommuter
How long is it taking for points to post these days?
I took a short (1-station) trip on Amtrak on Sunday. When I boarded, my phone was not working and I didn't have a printout of my ticket, so the conductor just asked my name. I told him and he seemed to see my name listed on his phone. He never scanned my ticket and never even asked for it, although I interacted with him a bit on board. It's now Wednesday and the points haven't appeared in my AGR account.
Are my points not going to post because my ticket wasn't scanned, or will they appear soon?
Thanks!
What train did you take? I don't know if it's changed with the scanning, but it used to be that posting did not happen until after the last stop of the train. So if you are on a segment at the beginning of a LD train, it can be several days before submission is made.
I've done the Sac - Reno hop overnight a few times and given the outbound train ended several days after I boarded, my activity showed the trip home as before the trip out. Of course the first response from the CSRs was I was mistaken on my travel dates.
Does Amtrak now say to wait 7 or 10 days before requesting missing points?