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George K

George K

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For our anniversary, one of my daughters gave us some vouchers for future Amtrak travel. I'm already planning our next adventure to Portland, and I hope to have enough points for a round trip from Chicago.

Can I combine the voucher with points?
 
George K said:
For our anniversary, one of my daughters gave us some vouchers for future Amtrak travel. I'm already planning our next adventure to Portland, and I hope to have enough points for a round trip from Chicago.

Can I combine the voucher with points?
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As in "combine cash & points" for the same segment? Not until they activate the cash & points option. If you mean use the vouchers for one segment and points for another, yes. I've taken trips with the old system where I booked home to <border city> with cash then <border city> onward with points.
 
AmtrakBlue said:
George K said:
For our anniversary, one of my daughters gave us some vouchers for future Amtrak travel. I'm already planning our next adventure to Portland, and I hope to have enough points for a round trip from Chicago.

Can I combine the voucher with points?
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As in "combine cash & points" for the same segment? Not until they activate the cash & points option. If you mean use the vouchers for one segment and points for another, yes. I've taken trips with the old system where I booked home to <border city> with cash then <border city> onward with points.
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That's what I sort of figured, but I wanted to hear from someone who knows better than I.

Of course, the next logical question is: When does the "Points plus cash" option become available? I figure I'll book this trip in August of this year. Hopefully it'll be available by then.
 
George K said:
AmtrakBlue said:
George K said:
For our anniversary, one of my daughters gave us some vouchers for future Amtrak travel. I'm already planning our next adventure to Portland, and I hope to have enough points for a round trip from Chicago.

Can I combine the voucher with points?
Click to expand...
As in "combine cash & points" for the same segment? Not until they activate the cash & points option. If you mean use the vouchers for one segment and points for another, yes. I've taken trips with the old system where I booked home to <border city> with cash then <border city> onward with points.
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That's what I sort of figured, but I wanted to hear from someone who knows better than I.

Of course, the next logical question is: When does the "Points plus cash" option become available? I figure I'll book this trip in August of this year. Hopefully it'll be available by then.
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Not sure I "know better". Vouchers are treated like cash.
 
Since there are no more "zones" and the awards are based only on the cash fare of the trip, why not use the vouchers for say CHI-DEN or SLC (or how far they will get you) and then get an award from DEN (or SLC) to PDX? :huh:
 
No it wasn't. It was always billed as "coming in 2016".

George K said:
Ah! Here's something I like:

Coming in 2016, you‘ll be offered a combination of points and cash during the booking process for tickets, so you can spend less of both.
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I've had that option for hotels and it's worked out well for me. Nice to see that I have the option of either or both for planning.
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For our anniversary D4 (daughter #4) gave us some vouchers for Amtrak travel.

I assume that, until the "points plus cash" option becomes available, I can't use the vouchers combined with points.

AMIRITE?
 

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