Originally Posted by
uppereastsider
One minor correction. According to the T&Cs (
https://www.bankofamerica.com/credit-cards/terms-and-conditions/?campaignid=4016565&productoffercode=BH&locale=en_ US&isMobile=true&format=ccr), you can earn up to 4k TQPs a year.
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Tier Qualifying Points (TQPs): This benefit applies to Amtrak Guest Rewards® World Mastercard® cardholders only. The Amtrak Guest Rewards® Platinum Mastercard® has different costs and benefits. Tier Qualifying Points (TQPs) are used to track and calculate Amtrak Guest Rewards tier status. Cardholders can earn TQPs in increments of 1,000 points for every $5,000 in eligible Net Purchases on the Amtrak Guest Rewards World Mastercard, up to 4,000 TQPs within a single calendar year. "
[MENTION=29932]jackal[/MENTION] - I assume you probably earned 1k TQPs last year, but if not and you earned select solely via spend, that's a very interesting data point
I honestly didn't know and had to check. I didn't think I'd spent more than maybe a couple hundred bucks on Amtrak tickets, most of which would have been redemptions, but wow, I guess I spent $476 on tickets and earned quite a few extra points with the Double Days promo and a couple of business-class tickets for a total of 1,105 non-CC-related points. I forgot about the long-distance trip I did (ORL-PGH--yes, in coach--with a detour to RNK to catch the inaugural RNK-WAS train), which was a couple hundred bucks in its own right.
I did get four of the 1K TQP bonuses. I have no idea how much over $20K I spent on the card last year.