Airmiles to Amtrak
Oct 1, 2003 | 6:13 pm
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You can transfer miles from Continental or Midwest Airlines into Amtrak.
You can transfer miles from Amtrak into Continental, Midwest, and United.
(You can also transfer miles from Amtrak to Hilton but you asked about airlines.)
For more information, please see this recent MilesBuzz thread: Does CO->Amtrak->UA really work?
And see, more generally, the Amtrak forum.
You can transfer miles from Amtrak into Continental, Midwest, and United.
(You can also transfer miles from Amtrak to Hilton but you asked about airlines.)
For more information, please see this recent MilesBuzz thread: Does CO->Amtrak->UA really work?
And see, more generally, the Amtrak forum.
Oct 1, 2003 | 7:31 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by gleff:
You can transfer miles from Amtrak into Continental, Midwest, and United.
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You can transfer miles from Amtrak into Continental, Midwest, and United.
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I am under the impression though that Amtrak points can't go into CO, but YX & UA should work.
Oct 2, 2003 | 5:34 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cab747:
I am under the impression though that Amtrak points can't go into CO, but YX & UA should work.</font>
I am under the impression though that Amtrak points can't go into CO, but YX & UA should work.</font>
Oct 5, 2003 | 6:54 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by dinise:
can you tranfer CO - amtrack - starwood?</font>
can you tranfer CO - amtrack - starwood?</font>
You could do CO --> Amtrak --> United --> Diners --> Starwood, though. With devaluation.
May 8, 2004 | 5:40 pm
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Okay now for the 20th time.....can you clarify....?
Just started to look at all the messages and even looking at the Amtrak reward chart and went dizzy.
My 2 questions are : to transfer multiple airmile accounts from Continental to Amtrak, and then back to ONE account with Continental is there a fee??
and, Can I move my multiple airmile accounts from United to Amtrak then to a single account with Continental too?
P.S. What does > mean? and get??
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM GLEFF
My 2 questions are : to transfer multiple airmile accounts from Continental to Amtrak, and then back to ONE account with Continental is there a fee??
and, Can I move my multiple airmile accounts from United to Amtrak then to a single account with Continental too?
P.S. What does > mean? and get??
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM GLEFF
Last edited by duranza; May 8, 2004 at 6:08 pm
May 9, 2004 | 1:06 am
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Originally Posted by duranza
My 2 questions are : to transfer multiple airmile accounts from Continental to Amtrak, and then back to ONE account with Continental is there a fee??
and, Can I move my multiple airmile accounts from United to Amtrak then to a single account with Continental too?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM GLEFF
and, Can I move my multiple airmile accounts from United to Amtrak then to a single account with Continental too?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WISDOM GLEFF
2) No, as gleff clearly stated, no transfers from UA is allowed.
May 9, 2004 | 10:41 am
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Originally Posted by duranza
Thanks to all who replied yet another question comes to mind. Why is everyone transferring to United?
I just shifted some Amtrak to UA- handn't touched my UA account in a while, and sure hadn't thought about building up my balance in a while, but, with a possible move to SF, some UA/* flying may be in my future.
May 9, 2004 | 5:13 pm
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Redeeming airmiles into points
So if I transfer say 10,000 miles into my Amtrak account I can redeem them for a trip but now they are called points? AND... can I do that online? I see the 3 airlines and miles and going to a cart....??
Last edited by duranza; May 9, 2004 at 5:17 pm
May 9, 2004 | 6:41 pm
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Originally Posted by duranza
So if I transfer say 10,000 miles into my Amtrak account I can redeem them for a trip but now they are called points? AND... can I do that online? I see the 3 airlines and miles and going to a cart....??
The good news is, IME, it's a very fast and easy process.
Then, as you see at the AGR site, you can request a transfer into UA, HH etc. online.
Or you can use them for amtrak travel, using the charts shown on the AGR web site.
http://www.amtrakguestrewards.com/in...rewards=Amtrak
Feel free to search on the CO forum and the Amtrak forum (and here) for a lot more info on the transfers.
Last edited by landspeed; May 9, 2004 at 6:45 pm