Miami Trip in May 2023

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Oreius

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I am taking my parents on another great train trip in May 2023. This time, it will be from good ol’ Elizabethtown, PA to Miami. I want to get them a Bedroom and myself a Roomette. They had a blast on the Coast Starlight last year, and they want another train ride to kick off our transatlantic cruise!! I want them to have their own potty and shower. Here’s the question: Should I use AGR points or should I pay cash using my AGR Credit Card? If I end up canceling, I’ll get charged a point penalty. A Bedroom would cost $1400 and a Roomette $500. Suggestions?
 
Burn the points if you have them.
You will never have a true guarantee that the point your banking will have value next week.

No inside knowledge, but things change.
100 percent this. The value of points only ever goes one way, down. The longer you keep them the less valuable they will become. I would use them as soon as I had a worthwhile reason, which your trip seems to be.
 
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