Amtrak cpp?
Aug 10, 2016 | 9:56 am
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Amtrak redemption only 1.4 cpp?
Excluding Saver fares (lowest fare bucket), I was under the impression that "Value" fares were supposed to get about 2.9 cpp (cents per point) on Amtrak. On a search for a trip from NYC to DC on 9/2, I'm seeing fares of $115, but the point costs are 7,935 - a cpp of 1.4cpp, which is less than half of what it is supposed to be. Anyone know why the point cost is so high and the cpp is so low?
The same cpp appears to be for business fares- which are going for $160 or 11,040 points.
Point cost: http://imgur.com/a/aLAY8
Cash cost: http://imgur.com/a/lJgUD
The same cpp appears to be for business fares- which are going for $160 or 11,040 points.
Point cost: http://imgur.com/a/aLAY8
Cash cost: http://imgur.com/a/lJgUD
Last edited by wiivile; Aug 10, 2016 at 1:55 pm
Aug 10, 2016 | 12:02 pm
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Certain things that were well-publicized when AGR2.0 was announced turned out to be not true.
Among those were "no blackout dates/times" and "fixed point redemptions at 2.9cpp".
There was even a calculator on the website where you could calculate your travel cost under the new program. That calculator, along with any mention of 2.9cpp, got quickly removed.
Among those were "no blackout dates/times" and "fixed point redemptions at 2.9cpp".
There was even a calculator on the website where you could calculate your travel cost under the new program. That calculator, along with any mention of 2.9cpp, got quickly removed.
Aug 10, 2016 | 2:29 pm
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Aug 10, 2016 | 3:05 pm
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