Refundable

[Finn]

I'm planning to book a trip from Philadelphia to Orlando in late 2014. If I use my AGR points for my tickets and something happens and I can't go, will they refund the points back to my account or will I lose them. I would lose 50,000 points.

 

[June the Coach Rider]

As long as you cancel before the train leaves, you will get all your points back. I believe it is when the train leaves your station. But I am sure you would know at least 24 hours before time to leave.

 

[the_traveler]

If you book using AGR points, you can cancel up to the trains departure and receive a full refund of your points back to your account! (If the train departs at 9:00, you have until 8:59 to cancel to receive all points back. At 9:00, you lose all points for the reservation.)

 

[the_traveler]

And it's the departure at your station. If you're going from Truckee, CA, it's when the departure in Truckee is, not 2 days earlier when the CZ departed CHI.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

I would suggest that AGR members keep in mind that Amtrak had planned a change that would have forfeited all of our "spent" points upon cancellation before backing down following user feedback. If we abuse this rule the same way some members routinely abused the loophole rules then chances are we'll all be paying the price someday.

 

[pennyk]

I would suggest that AGR members keep in mind that Amtrak had planned a change that would have forfeited all of our "spent" points upon cancellation before backing down following user feedback. If we abuse this rule the same way some members routinely abused the loophole rules then chances are we'll all be paying the price someday.

AGREE!

 

[June the Coach Rider]

And it's the departure at your station. If you're going from Truckee, CA, it's when the departure in Truckee is, not 2 days earlier when the CZ departed CHI.

I wasn't sure about this, thanks for clarifying it. I corrected my post.