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Thank you for pre-registering for the new Amtrak Guest Rewards® World MasterCard® from Chase.

To show how much we appreciate your continued patience, we are increasing the previous 5,000 point offer by 3,000 Amtrak Guest Rewards points for a total of 8,000 points upon activation of your new Amtrak Guest Rewards® World MasterCard®.

With your 8,000 points, you can redeem for a roundtrip Northeast Corridor Coach ticket, a one-way Business class Acela® ticket, a one-way or two zone Coach ticket or up to four round trip Coach ticket on select routes.

As a reminder, the new card will give you opportunities to earn Amtrak Guest Rewards points on all your purchases, plus the exceptional service you deserve. Card benefits include:

With your 8,000 bonus points, you could redeem for:

• 8,000 bonus points upon activation within 30 days1

• No annual fee

• 2 points per $1 spent on Amtrak purchases2

• 1 point per $1 spent everywhere else2

• Low intro APR

As always, you can redeem your Amtrak Guest Rewards points for free Amtrak® travel, gift certificates at leading retailers and restaurants, airline miles and more.

Again, thank you for your continued business. The new Amtrak Guest Rewards World MasterCard® from Chase will be available in September, and it's definitely worth the wait.

Best regards,

David Lim

Chief Marketing Officer
 
I got the same e-mail. What really got my curiosity was the following part:

With your 8,000 bonus points, you could redeem for: • 8,000 bonus points upon activation within 30 days1

• No annual fee

• 2 points per $1 spent on Amtrak purchases2

• 1 point per $1 spent everywhere else2

• Low intro APR
I'm sure that this was an editing mistake, and they meant to include something else, but the way it's worded, it's a bit ironic, redeeming 8000 bonus points for 8000 bonus points!
 
To show how much we appreciate your continued patience, we are increasing the previous 5,000 point offer by 3,000 Amtrak Guest Rewards points for a total of 8,000 points upon activation of your new Amtrak Guest Rewards® World MasterCard®.
With your 8,000 points, you can redeem for a roundtrip Northeast Corridor Coach ticket, a one-way Business class Acela® ticket, a one-way or two zone Coach ticket or up to four round trip Coach ticket on select rout
I didn't get that email. Was there a time delay between when you registered and when you received this email? Also, the "standard" 5000 point bonus is 2500 AGR and 2500 Chase points, but this email makes it sound like all 8000 points are AGR. Is that your reading of it?
 
All of the points are AGR points, but half will be posted by Chase and half by AGR.
 
Based upon the second message I received from AGR, I'd say yes. You can always ask them directly.
 
I got the e-mail and I understood that it was going to be a total of 8,000 points since I registered 3 months ago or whenever it was first rolled out. That's a chunk of points to add to the points I have accumulated over the last 18 months. Recently I purchased two pair of work shoes (Rockports) off of the online mall and got almost 1000 points for that purchase. I got two pairs of tennis shoes that I would have normally paid the same amount for (or more) at Famous Footwear here in town. That was a real easy way to get 1000 points.
 
I have pre applied for the new Chase Guest Reward. But I have not recived a thing from anyone. What do you think I should do? I sure want the new card.
 
a thread on this board reports that tomorrow(9/10)we will be able to apply. hopefully we will get an e-mail from chase or agr
Just moments ago I got an email that the card now exists, so hopefully I'll be getting it in the mail soon so I can start getting points again.
 
It says, "apply now" so that means I have to actually apply correct? I have pre-registered but haven't applied. I just don't want to do something that goofs up the additional 8,000 bonus points I am to recieve. So apply now before "midnight tonight" (K-Tel, Ronco) :lol: .

Al
 
That's a good question. I was under the impression that since I pre-registered, it was just a matter of waiting for them to send out the card when they were ready to do so. Maybe you do have to actually apply.
 
That's a good question. I was under the impression that since I pre-registered, it was just a matter of waiting for them to send out the card when they were ready to do so. Maybe you do have to actually apply.
In the first email I got from AGR inviting me to pre-register back in April, it said this at the bottom in the fine print:

"The new card will be available this fall, at which time you will receive an email inviting you to apply for the credit card."

So it looks you have to pre-register and apply. The pre-registration was probably just a way for AGR and Chase to find out how many people were interested.
 
I checked in my e-mail and there's a letter from AGR. I don't see a link for me to fill out the application. Do you guys has a link or not?
There are two "Apply now" buttons in my email. They're kind of hard to miss, since they're bright orange, and the link definitely worked for me. I'm assuming the links should be in everyone else's as well.
 
There are two "Apply now" buttons in my email. They're kind of hard to miss, since they're bright orange, and the link definitely worked for me. I'm assuming the links should be in everyone else's as well.
Is this only available (for the moment) to people who pre-registered a while back? I just visited the AGR site and didn't see any mention of the new card on the front page. But there are decent odds it was there, in a larger font, emboldened, and I just missed it because I tend to gloss over things that aren't the normal text on a page sometimes!...
 
My letter states only 5000 bonus points. The small print says 2500 to your card account and 2500 directly to guest rewards.
Others here are saying 8000 points, but I'm with you that all I've had official word of is 5000 points.

As for where the points go, the fine-print that came with the card says that points will be automatically transferred to your AGR account at the end of each billing cycle. It seems the long way home to post 2500 points to Chase just to turn around and xfer them to AGR, but what do I know?
 
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