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Old Apr 4, 2022 | 10:24 am
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Originally Posted by nerd
As suggested in another thread:

Try booking a ticket with points and then cancelling it (there is a 10% penalty for re-instating the points). The cheapest Amtrak fare I know of is Chicago to Summit, IL ($4) so probably cheapest in terms of points (800).

Then call AGR and see if you have a new points expiry date based on that recent activity. The 10% penalty will cost you 80 points.
You have to actually take the trip (have the ticket "lifted") to get the points posted and therefore, generate activity.
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