I know this belongs in the Amtrak forum but some very important transfer changes have been made to the Amtrak program, anyone who belongs should immediately be made aware of! I as a matter of routine do not go this forum and was astounded to learn what is happening! Amtrak has changed the transfer limit of any participating program to a maximum 25,000 points per calendar year. It is still possible to transfer as many points as you want into the program, it is just getting the points out that is now the problem. If you use a Amtrak Visa, for major purchases; start planning some train travel!

My brother (acting on my advise unfortunately) transferred 200,000 miles from Continental to Amtrak with the intention of moving the points to United. I had made a very similar transfer several months ago and was able to move the miles to United. This was permitted and I was allowed to do the transfer by the rules of the program.

My brother requested a transfer in October from Continental to Amtrak and the transaction was just recently completed. When he tried to transfer his points to United, he was informed: starting November 1st, Amtrak was limiting ALL transfers to 25,000 points per year. It will now take him eight years to transfer all the points he put in the program out. This limitation was arbitrarily imposed and done without any warning.

I only post this to warn others of the new limitation and there is more discussion, (I found out too late) in the Amtrak forum. Be aware!


[This message has been edited by cy-gone (edited 11-11-2002).]