Amtrak Simply Made It Simpler to Guide Trains with Factors

Amtrak will now permit vacationers to pay for tickets with a mix of factors and money, making it simpler to afford a visit by practice.

Vacationers who ebook with the rail firm will now be offered with a number of completely different choices combining money and factors to pay for his or her ticket, Amtrak shared with Journey + Leisure. Beforehand, vacationers needed to pay both totally with factors or totally with money. 

“With extra redemption choices and fewer factors wanted to redeem, it’s simpler than ever for our valued Amtrak Visitor Rewards prospects to make use of their factors for reward journey,” Amtrak’s  govt vp and chief industrial officer Eliot Hamlisch mentioned in a press release shared with T+L. “Amtrak Visitor Rewards members get pleasure from unique advantages and an enhanced journey expertise, and with Factors & Money, they now have a brand new technique to redeem factors earlier and extra usually.”

To make use of a mix of money and factors, prospects ought to choose the “use factors” choice within the search outcomes and select the itinerary they need to ebook. They’ll see as much as 4 money and factors choices on the fee display.

Vacationers will proceed to earn each Amtrak Visitor Rewards and Tier Qualifying Factors on the money portion of their ticket. 

Amtrak, which had its first-ever factors sale earlier this yr, rewards members of its loyalty program with two factors for each greenback spent on journey, presents a 25 % level bonus for enterprise class journey, and a 50 % level bonus for Acela first-class journey. The program is free to join. 

Vacationers who obtain tier standing with the rail firm are then eligible for bonuses like upgrades and lounge entry.

Amtrak isn’t alone in just lately permitting vacationers to pay with a mix of money and factors. Final month, Southwest rolled out an identical choice, permitting passengers to mix money with as few as 1,000 factors when reserving flights.