Hey, pay attention! It may be "targeted" to them but it's available to all members, I think. Log in to your AR account. Click the "Buy Points" button. See if there isn't a 50% notice!
Nope.
Not necessarily. Some people's offer only gets the 50% bonus if you buy the full pull. Buying fewer points nets a smaller bonus.
I believe it's targeted. My wife just forwarded me an email that she got from a points watching site. That one said a 10% bonus for buying 1,000-4,500 points, 30% if you buy 5,000-9,500 and 50% if you buy the full 10,000.
When I went to buy points to check, I didn't see any bonus offered.
I did log into my account and there is no 50% bonus offer. Select Executives have no limit on points that they are allowed to purchase.
Not there for me....Same for me!! I'll be punching in for a Full PullI never got the email.
BUT!
When I logged in to my AR account and hit the "Buy Points" button, guess what! "Special Offer: 50% more points"
YEAH!!
So if you didn't get the email, give this a try!
Karmic Compensation for living in Southern Georgia! Wonder if you still were in Beautiful Harpers Ferry there would have been No Bonus offers??? ^_^
You never know Jim but since we are talking about AGR one is never sure how these things are determined!
No worries at all! Thanks for your kind words.
Level doesn't have anything to do with it. It's all magic, smoke and mirrors.
Sorry man. In the future make sure you have accounts for family and friends to maximize your options. They don't need to be regular riders (or even ride Amtrak at all). Ideally you'll have multiple accounts at various levels of involvement that will make re-qualification a regular process. So long as each account is tied to a real person you're good. The points for any given account can be purchased on almost any credit card and used to buy tickets for virtually anyone.Tried it again today. Went all the way to the enter cc info page....no bonus.
Yes, you can transfer points from one account to another, though there is a charge for it.
Combining points across multiple accounts is not the goal because the cost of doing so is prohibitive by design. Having multiple accounts (tied to real people) helps simply by ensuring you have a better chance of seeing the next targeted bonus offer. With the current structure 10,000 points + 5,000 bonus points gets you a one way one zone roomette for $275. I've paid as much as $550 for a one zone roomette and seen them offered for nearly a thousand dollars, so I'm already way ahead of the game right from the start without having to combine any points. If I can hold off on booking for a few months I can add an additional 5,000 points on January 1st for another $138. From where I live those 20,000 points would be enough to reach anywhere Amtrak goes in a roomette. If I had access to six accounts (tied to actual friends and family) and two of them received the bonus offer I could travel to anywhere Amtrak goes and back in a roomette for half or even a third of what it would cost in cash. This is what has worked for me. It may or may not work for others and there is always the chance that Amtrak could suddenly change the rules at any time as they see fit. As with any loyalty program never convert more real money into monkey points than you can afford to lose. If you cannot afford to lose that money you may get seriously burned when the next rule adjustment or points devaluation comes along.
