Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! 2 days ago, Amtrak released a “buy 3, get 1 free” incentive for travel on their Acela Express, high-speed line. Today, they’ve announced 20% off select fares, when you book by January 31. The sale is for February 2 to … [Continue reading]
Buy 3, Get 1 Free on Amtrak’s Acela
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Amtrak is currently offering a “Buy 3, Get 1 Free” promotion on their high-speed Acela Express line which runs in the Northeast Corridor. I recently had the chance to review their First Class product, which has a really nice beverage … [Continue reading]
Review: Amtrak Acela Express, First Class
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! Amtrak‘s “high speed” Acela Express train in the Northeast Corridor runs from Washington DC to Boston. Prices are comparable to air travel – though I’ve found it both cheaper and more expensive. The Acela shaves only about 30-45 minutes off of … [Continue reading]
You can’t redeem points on Amtrak on these dates in 2015.
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! The other day, I learned a hard (yet, obvious for me…though, not at the time) lesson that Amtrak Guest Rewards points can’t be used on every train, on every day of the year. It caused me to have to purchase … [Continue reading]
I made a big mistake…don’t always assume you can use points to travel!
Get award booking help and personalized travel assistance for as little as $1 a month! I made a big mistake yesterday, as I tried to get from my home in Washington DC to my parent’s home just north of Philadelphia. I take this route quite a bit, and usually I use points from my Amtrak … [Continue reading]
Jamie Larounis is an avid traveler, blogger and miles/points educator. Traveling well over 100,000 miles a year and staying in hotels for over 100 nights, he leverages miles, points and other deals to fly in first class cabins, and stay in 5-star hotels. The Forward Cabin shares his experiences, musings, reviews, tips, tricks, resources and industry news with you, the fellow traveler.