Recent content by copyright1997

I think this would be an awesome idea. I was thinking of driving "out west" (from upstate NY) this summer with my truck to tour the SW states (AZ, UT, CO, NM). But after going over the 30+ hours of driving to get there and back...ugh. In the end, we are going to train from NY to Tucson via...

Boy, is my Amtrak BOA card getting a work out as a result of this deal. 

My points have posted to my Amtrak rewards account. It shows like this: 09/08/2018 BankOfAmerica WorldCard Other Earning 20,000 09/08/2018 BankOfAmerica WorldCard Other Earning 10,000 So, two line items (plus the actual earnings from card spending).

Just another data point. I received a similar 'welcome to Amtrak BOA card' today. The caller asked me to activate the card, which I had done weeks before and for which I've booked four Amtrak trips. She then mentioned the 20,000 bonus, and I quickly corrected her about it should be 30,000...

I've been a fairly long term Amtrak rider and joined Amtrak rewards around 2000. Many, many hundreds of trips (mostly, but not exclusively work related), and took the train whenever possible over driving, a bus, planes, etc. I've instilled that love of trains into my son, who has pretty much...

New poster, but I've been hanging around (in read only mode) for about a year and have been a long time follower at flyertalk. I just booked a last mega trip on the current AGR program: AGR 2 zone roomette: ALB->ABQ (to do) ABQ-> FLG coach AGR 1 zone bedroom: FLG->PDX (paid) PDX->GPK...

Yes, Starwood transfers 1:1, but w/o bonus to Amtrak. (Starwood has some transfer partners for which a 20k transfer will result in 25k in partner "miles".) I have this as my go-to credit card as the points are quite valuable. (I'm currently doing a 5 night stay at the Sheraton Lake Buena...