Excluding Saver fares (lowest fare bucket), I was under the impression that "Value" fares were supposed to get about 2.9 cpp (cents per point) on Amtrak. On a search for a trip from NYC to DC on 9/2, I'm seeing fares of $115, but the point costs are 7,935 - a cpp of 1.4cpp, which is less than half of what it is supposed to be. Anyone know why the point cost is so high and the cpp is so low?

The same cpp appears to be for business fares- which are going for $160 or 11,040 points.

Point cost: http://imgur.com/a/aLAY8

Cash cost: http://imgur.com/a/lJgUD