Originally Posted by
CarlosRodrigue
Is there any fast way, to get to select status? What about with credit card?
I got a Select card yesterday. I was totally confused for a few minutes until I looked in my account online and realized I had spent way too much money on the AGR MasterCard last year. Each $5K of spend gets you 1K AGR Tier Qualify Points. So $25K spend gets you Select (without doing anything else).
Since each Amtrak point is worth almost double what most other airlines' points are worth, the AGR card has quickly become my primary card for unbonused spend as well as travel spend (2x AGR points = about 5% effective cashback). That had the side effect of making me earn Select, even though I've moved to a location where it'll be relatively useless...