trip with purchased points?

[yarrow]

has anyone ever taken a trip with entirely purchased points? for example, i could purchase 10k points from amtrak and 20k from starwood. two of us could travel roomette rt for the 30k points from, say, spk-abq at less than half the cost of the trip purchased through amtrak. granted you could only do this once a year purchasing through these two sources but it would still be a big savings. i have purchased points to "fill in" the rest of the total for a trip but never taken a trip totally on purchased points. do you think it is legit or is it taking advantage of the agr program?

 

[BeckysBarn]

I'm not sure they would be able to tell how you accumulated your points. Just on the practical side - if they looked at all AGR redemption tickets to see how the points were earned, it would be an enormous task.

 

[diesteldorf]

AGR doesn't care where the points come from. I believe it actually helps them when points are redeemed through them from other sources. Definately check the terms through Starwood, though. If you purchase points directly from Continental, I don't believe they're able to be transferred. Check to see if Starwood has a similar policy. Assuming the transfer goes through, AGR won't care how you got them.

 

[yarrow]

AGR doesn't care where the points come from. I believe it actually helps them when points are redeemed through them from other sources. Definately check the terms through Starwood, though. If you purchase points directly from Continental, I don't believe they're able to be transferred. Check to see if Starwood has a similar policy. Assuming the transfer goes through, AGR won't care how you got them.

i just purchased some starwood points and they transferred one to one to agr in just a few days. was a good deal as the starpoints are currently on sale and cheaper than amtrak's buy points

 

[Ryan]

AGR doesn't care where the points come from. I believe it actually helps them when points are redeemed through them from other sources. Definately check the terms through Starwood, though. If you purchase points directly from Continental, I don't believe they're able to be transferred. Check to see if Starwood has a similar policy. Assuming the transfer goes through, AGR won't care how you got them.

i just purchased some starwood points and they transferred one to one to agr in just a few days. was a good deal as the starpoints are currently on sale and cheaper than amtrak's buy points

Unless you're seeing something I'm not, I'm seeing them for $0.035 and 20% off, making them $0.028 per point, still a little more expensive than Amtrak's $0.0275 (although you do get around the 10,000 point annual limit this way).

 

[Bigval109]

AGR doesn't care where the points come from. I believe it actually helps them when points are redeemed through them from other sources. Definately check the terms through Starwood, though. If you purchase points directly from Continental, I don't believe they're able to be transferred. Check to see if Starwood has a similar policy. Assuming the transfer goes through, AGR won't care how you got them.

i just purchased some starwood points and they transferred one to one to agr in just a few days. was a good deal as the starpoints are currently on sale and cheaper than amtrak's buy points

Unless you're seeing something I'm not, I'm seeing them for $0.035 and 20% off, making them $0.028 per point, still a little more expensive than Amtrak's $0.0275 (although you do get around the 10,000 point annual limit this way).

Why not just set aside the limit for a while to boost sales and travel? Or do like agr did a few years back have a 20% of sale which allowed you to go further on less points.

 

[Ryan]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

 

[the_traveler]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

I believe a few years ago, there was a "sale" where you could redeem like 12,000 points for a 1 zone roomette (instead of 15K).

 

[AAARGH!]

AGR doesn't care where the points come from. I believe it actually helps them when points are redeemed through them from other sources. Definately check the terms through Starwood, though. If you purchase points directly from Continental, I don't believe they're able to be transferred. Check to see if Starwood has a similar policy. Assuming the transfer goes through, AGR won't care how you got them.

i just purchased some starwood points and they transferred one to one to agr in just a few days. was a good deal as the starpoints are currently on sale and cheaper than amtrak's buy points

DARN! :angry: :angry: :angry:

I missed it. The offer ended on 12/31/09. I knew I should have kept reading this forum while I was on vacation. Anyway, it was $28/1000 points instead of Amtrak's $27.50/1000. For 20,000 points, it would have been $10 more, but of course you could get 20K on top of Amtrak's 10K points. DARN!