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The New Amtrak Guest Rewards Credit Card is a Real Winner!

September 12, 2015 by James Larounis 5 Comments

The New Amtrak Guest Rewards Credit Card is a Real Winner!

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! The details of the two new Amtrak Guest Rewards Credit Cards have been released, and, in my opinion, one of them is actually a real winner, for the regular Amtrak traveler. Essentially, they’ll be two new cards – a World … [Continue reading]

Amtrak Routes You Should Book and Take Prior to the Devaluation

August 30, 2015 by James Larounis 2 Comments

Amtrak Routes You Should Book and Take Prior to the Devaluation

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! The other day, Amtrak announced that their loyalty program, Amtrak Guest Rewards, was moving to a revenue based redemption system – whereby the necessary amount of points for the trip will correspond to the cash price of that same trip. … [Continue reading]

Inside the Amtrak Guest Rewards 2016 Program Changes: Who benefits? Who doesn’t?

August 28, 2015 by James Larounis 1 Comment

Inside the Amtrak Guest Rewards 2016 Program Changes: Who benefits? Who doesn’t?

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Several days ago, word got out of a new Amtrak Guest Rewards program that would be released, to go into effect on January 24, 2016. Now, Amtrak has updated their website with the changes. To start, accounts will now renew … [Continue reading]

Amtrak Hidden City Ticketing Using United Miles

August 22, 2015 by James Larounis 1 Comment

Amtrak Hidden City Ticketing Using United Miles

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! One of the lesser known partnerships in the travel industry is between United and Amtrak, whereby certain Amtrak trains are code-shared as United flights. As an example: You cannot book Philadelphia 30th Street Station to Paris Charles de Gaulle, via … [Continue reading]

What Does the New Amtrak Guest Rewards Devaluation Mean for You

August 13, 2015 by James Larounis 3 Comments

What Does the New Amtrak Guest Rewards Devaluation Mean for You

Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! If you’ve been catching up on the blogosphere today, you’ve probably noticed that Amtrak is planning on moving their loyalty program to a revenue based system, among a host of other “enhancements.” You can find the full report of supposed … [Continue reading]

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