Below, I outline the main ways in which to earn and accumulate Amtrak Guest Rewards points.
1. Travel on Amtrak
Earn 2 points per $1 spent on your Amtrak travel. There is a 100-point minimum on each trip, no matter the price. Also earn 500 points with each Acela Business class trip or 750 points for each qualifying First class trip you take between select city pairs.
Starting January 24, 2016, still earn 2 points per dollar spent on Amtrak travel, plus a 25% point bonus for qualifying travel in Business class and 50% for qualifying travel in Acela First class. The 100-point minimum per trip will be eliminated.
2. Transfer Starpoints to your Amtrak Guest Rewards account
Starwood Preferred Guest members can transfer Starpoints to Amtrak Guest Rewards at a 1:1 ratio. Transfers must be made in 5,000 Starpoints increments. At the time of this post, Starpoint transfers can only be made by calling Starwood Preferred Guest.
3. Transfer other hotel loyalty points to your Amtrak Guest Rewards account
Transfer 32,000 Choice Privileges points into 5,000 Amtrak Guest Rewards points or 64,000 Choice Privileges Points into 10,000 Amtrak Guest Rewards Points. Transfer 10,000 HHonors Points into 1,500 Amtrak Guest Rewards points. Transfer 6,000 Wyndham Rewards points into 1,200 Amtrak Guest Rewards points, 16,000 Wyndham Rewards points into 3,200 Amtrak Guest Rewards points and 30,000 Wyndham Rewards points into 6,000 Amtrak Guest Rewards points.
4. Shop through the Amtrak Guest Rewards Shop online site
Shopping portals are a great place to rack up extra miles, you earn miles while you shop.
5. Earn Amtrak Guest Rewards points at participating hotels, participating rental car companies, certain air travel and cruises. You can also earn points by shopping with Amtrak’s retail partners.
6. Learn more about earning Amtrak Guest Rewards here
Learn about using Amtrak Guest Rewards here
