AGR Is Back - with a promo (double points & 10k points for 10 trips)!
Oct 1, 2010, 6:19 am
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AGR Is Back - with a promo (double points & 10k points for 10 trips)!
The website is back and they enticing us with a promo ...
Here are the details from the new website ...
I was considering switching to the shuttle for my DC-NYC to regain status for next year, but am going to stick to the acela! The only thing to remember is that there's a limit of one 10k award per member.
Here are the details from the new website ...
10 trips = 10,000 bonus points. Plus, double points along the way. Take Ten-the celebration starts on Friday, October 1, 2010. It's the ten-year anniversary of Amtrak Guest Rewards, and we're celebrating our members with more ways to better serve you, including an improved program, extended service center hours, a better online experience, mobile site, and the new Take Ten promotion. Earn with Take Ten from 10/1/10 through 12/14/10 - 10,000 bonus points when you Take Ten trips - Double points on all Amtrak® travel - Plus, the points you already earn for Amtrak travel
Oct 1, 2010, 8:07 am
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I'm pretty sure a trip is just a one way trip. Aren't all Amtrak promo's like that?
The new website is great except it does not show my rail points yet and says I'm 5000 points away from Select, when 2 days ago I was 150 points away from Select. Hope they are just still working that stuff out.
The new website is great except it does not show my rail points yet and says I'm 5000 points away from Select, when 2 days ago I was 150 points away from Select. Hope they are just still working that stuff out.
Oct 1, 2010, 8:30 am
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The T&C say a trip is a one way segment with a value of $40 or more, and you can have no more than two trips in one day.
I am unable to view my account information - it shows my points in a box, but nothing if I click view account. And they dropped the rail miles information from the home screen?
Anyway, looks much better, the new promo is good, but disappointed they did not add another elite tier or new elite benefits when they rolled this out.
I am unable to view my account information - it shows my points in a box, but nothing if I click view account. And they dropped the rail miles information from the home screen?
Anyway, looks much better, the new promo is good, but disappointed they did not add another elite tier or new elite benefits when they rolled this out.
Oct 1, 2010, 9:47 am
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Wow, 10,000 points for 10 one-way trips sounds like a smoking deal to me. I am pretty impressed - ^^
I have been saving up points to give my parents a trip for their 30th anniversary next year (as my mother is afraid of planes and thus doesn't really fly anywhere, and my father has always wanted to take a cross-country train trip), and this will be a great boost!
I have been saving up points to give my parents a trip for their 30th anniversary next year (as my mother is afraid of planes and thus doesn't really fly anywhere, and my father has always wanted to take a cross-country train trip), and this will be a great boost!
Oct 1, 2010, 11:23 am
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Oct 1, 2010, 2:06 pm
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My point balance is also incorrect. Just sent them a message.
Oct 1, 2010, 2:48 pm
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Oct 1, 2010, 5:04 pm
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Besides all the other problems noted with the new site, I've been "demoted" to Select (at least according to the page theme).
Also notable, the Amtrak Travel section of the Redeem page codifies a couple recent redemption policy changes that have been discussed here (bolding mine):
Finally, the zone map still depicts the route map from a decade ago.
Also notable, the Amtrak Travel section of the Redeem page codifies a couple recent redemption policy changes that have been discussed here (bolding mine):
Reward travel is determined by the number of zones you travel across.
If your [Special Route] trip involves connecting to an additional "Special Route" or other Amtrak route, additional points may be required for the reward.
Oct 1, 2010, 7:38 pm
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A few years ago, I upgraded one ticket to biz to meet a spend threshold for a buy 2 RT, get 1 RT free promo on the NEC. Unfortunately, AGR's computers weren't set up to recognize the accommodation charge as a part of the ticket price, and it took numerous calls to AGR to claim my free round-trip reward. My understanding is that this issue is now resolved.
(Quick, can someone check the T&C's to ensure that upgrade charges aren't excluded?) Never mind, I checked. It's $40 minimum spend, period. No mention of upgrade charge exclusions. So a biz upgrade should do the trick.
Last edited by gatelouse; Oct 1, 2010 at 9:05 pm Reason: Checked T&Cs myself
Oct 1, 2010, 8:05 pm
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Upgrade charges have never been excluded. In fact, that's why the program is based upon dollars and not miles. If it were based upon miles, someone riding a Regional would get the same amount of points as someone riding Acela. Someone in coach would get the same amount of points as someone who purchased a $1,000 sleeper.
Exclude upgrade charges and they may as well go to a miles based system.
I can't say exactly what happened in your case, unless you did the upgrade on board, but the computers have always been set to include points for the upgrade charges.
Exclude upgrade charges and they may as well go to a miles based system.
I can't say exactly what happened in your case, unless you did the upgrade on board, but the computers have always been set to include points for the upgrade charges.
Oct 1, 2010, 9:03 pm
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Upgrade charges have never been excluded. In fact, that's why the program is based upon dollars and not miles. If it were based upon miles, someone riding a Regional would get the same amount of points as someone riding Acela. Someone in coach would get the same amount of points as someone who purchased a $1,000 sleeper.
Exclude upgrade charges and they may as well go to a miles based system.
I can't say exactly what happened in your case, unless you did the upgrade on board, but the computers have always been set to include points for the upgrade charges.
Exclude upgrade charges and they may as well go to a miles based system.
I can't say exactly what happened in your case, unless you did the upgrade on board, but the computers have always been set to include points for the upgrade charges.
Took a couple of weeks to get my NEC "virtual vouchers" (remember those?). I suspect that they reprogrammed the system during that time.
Oct 2, 2010, 11:39 am
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Clarification
As the promotion wording seemed a bit ambiguous to me, this one is actually registration for two discrete sub-promos at once: segments of $40+ are tracked for the 10K bonus in "Part A", and segments of any amount are tracked for doubling in "Part B".
