Does any one ever use Amtrak Guest Rewards to book their Amtrakto/from WDW? I am having trouble figuring out how the rewards work and if they are usable from upstate NY to Orlando. I am not currently a member but I see that Starwood points transfer to Amtrak rewards and I have quite a few of those...I thought that they might save me some money. Any advice would be great!
heads up on theamtrak guest rewards.
You need a membership per person. even husband and wife. didnt realize this until a couple of years ago when i went to use reward points.
we had been using amtrak for the last 15 years approx. I thought since i made all the reservations, paid all the fares, my account would get all the reward credit. for many years it was me, wife, son and daughter, then just my daughter. I get sick when i think of the points i lost through my own fault.
tried to reason with amtrak that it was a family unit, not a business environment with 10 or20 people in an office bulking up rewards on one card, but they said no.
wow, was i dumb or what.
on the other hand, when you have suffucient rewards for a trip, you book it through the rewards office, not the 800 USA-RAIL.
yes you can use rewards to get to Florida, I did.
There should be some additionalinfo on the amtrak website.
It was easy and accurate.
thats my story and i'm sticking with it.
p.s. now if you sign up for the amtrak guest reward master card, points can add up faster. there may even be a bulk of points just to open the account.
(if the government didn't change all the rules about credit last week)
