Someone please take a metal ruler and give me a hard SMACK on my hands - I believe I've seriously shot myself in the foot here!
Looking at Flyer Talk, I see this is a targeted promotion that Al (r_r) got, probably from it being a set period of time since he took his last Amtrak trip, so now he gets triple points for all trips from Sep to Nov!!!
I've hardly taken the train the entire Summer, as work was quite busy, but I did take a short hop (Bal-Was) on #151 to DC in early August that probably nullified my availability for this promotion, and now those paltry 100 points I got for that may have cut me out of at least 4800 bonus points for the three big point trips I'm taking in September and October. This would have been the difference between finishing out the year with about 15,000 points vs. finishing out the year with about 20,000 points, and you all know what a difference those 5,000 points can make in the reward category - (essentially double the reward value and a much more versatile reward!)
It's sad to say, but I'm guessing it pays to avoid catching Amtrak for certain spells to enable one to reap some significant rewards at the right periods...
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Congrats though Al, This might be a perfect period to explore some new routes for you - And some Chicago based short trips via Weekly Specials could really have you cleaning up!