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Old May 30, 2004 | 6:23 am
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Originally Posted by Stefan Daystrom
or how earning a few hundred points a year on a card which has a 5000-point transfer threshold?
Well, 5000 Amtrak points are much easier to reach than perhaps you realize.

1) The card comes with a 500 point signup bonus
2) There's an offer for 1000 miles for updating promo/selecting estatements

So that's 1500 points already.

Say the cardholder only points $1000 on the card in 12 months.

They still need 2500 points in order to transfer out. But that's seriously easy - credit hotel stays @ 500 points each (Hilton double dip, Starwood, Loews & OMNI are currently 1000 pts/stay), 500 points for a Hertz rental, 5 pts per dollar spent at the Guest Rewards mall, flower club pts, etc.
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