Originally Posted by
RedHairedLady
It said almost 20,000 points for that trip, which would cost $582. $70 more than paying cash! What would be the point of buying points then??
Buying points is almost never a good idea, for airlines or Amtrak. If you need a tiny amount of points to top off an account so that you can buy a ticket, maybe, but even then the calculation is usually loss-making.