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[PRR 60]

Starting June 1, AGR starts the Summer Well Spent promotion. In this promotion, transactions with AGR partners will earn 200 Tier Qualifying Points each. A maximum of 1000 TQP's can be earned during the promotion. This is one of those very rare cases where AGR is offering TQP's for something other than Amtrak travel.

Promotion details and the registration opportunity will open June 1 at the AGR website.

[the_traveler]

I guess I'll wait a day to place my orders from Best Buy and Office Depot! Thanks for the heads up!

[Blackwolf]

Sounds fantastic! I'll certainly signing up come tomorrow!

[Acela150]

I guess I'll wait a day to place my orders from Best Buy and Office Depot! Thanks for the heads up!

Second that one!

[jimhudson]

Thanks for giving the Heads-up! Im needing some stuff also, so I too will wait for tomorrow to Sign-up and place my orders! (As if I need an excuse to snag AGR Points, especially Quality aka Rail Points! )

Edited by jimhudson, 31 May 2012 - 03:27 PM.

[benjibear]

You don't earn the bonus points for "points for shopping" or purchases using your chase AGR mastercard. You also get points for Amtrak travel over $35. When I saw this last night I was somewhat excited because I have a couple of things I was going shopping for but now it appears I won't get any points from this offer. It doesn't sound like that great of an offer to me. Bring back tripple points!

[amamba]

Very sad that points for shopping doesn't count.

But I am doing a car rental through Hertz with the AGR codes this July so I guess I'll get 200 extra TQP for that.

[Anderson]

It looks like AGR really poured on the points for at least the car rentals...200 TQPs plus quadruple points actually makes it really worthwhile to take the AGR points instead of the Hertz points.

[Blackwolf]

On the bonus 100 TQP for Amtrak travel, I found it interesting how they strictly state "Direct one-way segments of greater than $35." I take that as an indication that any connecting train/bus can disqualify your reservation for the bonus. As such, if I take the Capital Corridor to San Francisco, using the thruway option out of Emeryville, and the railfare portion from my originating station to the transfer was only 33$ but my whole ticket was $42 including the bus, I would not qualify.

Either way, I'm thinking up ways of how to use this bonus period. For those in the right situation, you really could not only rack up the 2000 TQP but also many, MANY thousands of regular AGR Points!!

[the_traveler]

I do not like how they exclude Points for Shopping as a partner! That is the partner I use most often! (The Chase MC I understand!)

[amamba]

On the bonus 100 TQP for Amtrak travel, I found it interesting how they strictly state "Direct one-way segments of greater than $35." I take that as an indication that any connecting train/bus can disqualify your reservation for the bonus. As such, if I take the Capital Corridor to San Francisco, using the thruway option out of Emeryville, and the railfare portion from my originating station to the transfer was only 33$ but my whole ticket was $42 including the bus, I would not qualify.

Either way, I'm thinking up ways of how to use this bonus period. For those in the right situation, you really could not only rack up the 2000 TQP but also many, MANY thousands of regular AGR Points!!

Wait, your promo indicates that you get extra TQP for amtrak travel?! Mine does NOT - nor does the one on my H's account.

Here are the terms and conditions that I see - just extra TQP for using the partners, nothing about amtrak travel itself:
Amtrak Guest Rewards Summer Well Spent Terms and Conditions:
Earn 200 bonus Tier Qualifying Points per qualifying partner transaction from June 1, 2012 12:00:00am CT through August 11, 2012 11:59:59pm CT. Transactions with Points for Shopping, Buy Points, Share Points, Transfer Points or purchases made with the Amtrak Guest Rewards® World MasterCard® from Chase® do not qualify for this promotion. A maximum of 1,000 bonus Tier Qualifying Points may be earned through this promotion. Bonus Tier Qualifying Points earned through this promotion will post when regular point earnings post. Transactions with program partners must include your Amtrak Guest Rewards membership number. Cancelled transactions will be deemed ineligible. Register at AmtrakGuestRewards.com/SummerWellSpentPartner. Registration required. Other terms and conditions apply.

Partner Terms and Conditions:
Individual partner offer terms and conditions apply. See each partner offer for details.

Amtrak and Amtrak Guest Rewards are registered service marks of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.

[Ryan]

Yep!

[gatelouse]

No Amtrak travel bonus for me either. Looks like it's targeted, likely at those with fewer TQPs.

Anyone who was targeted care to post their approximate TQP count? I'm close to 8k.

[Ryan]

I suspect you're right.

[Blackwolf]

Wait, your promo indicates that you get extra TQP for amtrak travel?! Mine does NOT - nor does the one on my H's account.

Here are the terms and conditions that I see - just extra TQP for using the partners, nothing about amtrak travel itself:
Amtrak Guest Rewards Summer Well Spent Terms and Conditions:
Earn 200 bonus Tier Qualifying Points per qualifying partner transaction from June 1, 2012 12:00:00am CT through August 11, 2012 11:59:59pm CT. Transactions with Points for Shopping, Buy Points, Share Points, Transfer Points or purchases made with the Amtrak Guest Rewards® World MasterCard® from Chase® do not qualify for this promotion. A maximum of 1,000 bonus Tier Qualifying Points may be earned through this promotion. Bonus Tier Qualifying Points earned through this promotion will post when regular point earnings post. Transactions with program partners must include your Amtrak Guest Rewards membership number. Cancelled transactions will be deemed ineligible. Register at AmtrakGuestRewards.com/SummerWellSpentPartner. Registration required. Other terms and conditions apply.

Partner Terms and Conditions:
Individual partner offer terms and conditions apply. See each partner offer for details.

Amtrak and Amtrak Guest Rewards are registered service marks of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.

Look a little closer, it is not a targeted promo but is instead open to everyone.



AMTRAK TRAVEL= 100 Bonus TQP per Amtrak Trip.

So, you get the normal TQP you would receive for your trip, plus an additional 100 on top. But it has to be a single segment one-way trip with a dollar value of $35 or greater. I read that as, even if your total one-way reservation was above the $35 threshold but had two or more segments in a single reservation, you're not going to qualify for the extra 100 TQP.

[gatelouse]

If you're not targeted, try to register...

[amamba]

Look a little closer, it is not a targeted promo but is instead open to everyone.



AMTRAK TRAVEL= 100 Bonus TQP per Amtrak Trip.

So, you get the normal TQP you would receive for your trip, plus an additional 100 on top. But it has to be a single segment one-way trip with a dollar value of $35 or greater. I read that as, even if your total one-way reservation was above the $35 threshold but had two or more segments in a single reservation, you're not going to qualify for the extra 100 TQP.

Trust me, I have looked at this a million times, I don't have the 100 TQP offer.

I have 6500 TQP this year, my H has 5500ish. I am select, he is S+.

[amamba]

OH, and when I go to www.amtrakguestrewards.com/summerwellspent I get a little message that says I am not eligible for that promo!

[pennyk]

I do not have the 100 bonus TQP offer either. I have about 3800 rails points right now.

[gatelouse]

Blackwolf, I agree that a connecting itinerary has risks. For the purpose of awarding points, AGR doesn't know or care (yet) whether each segment is a pure one-way or connection. But each segment in a connecting itinerary has an exchange value that was once printed on the ticket. If the segment's exchange value is $35 or more, I think you'll earn the bonus.

Nowhere have I seen language confirming that the bonus TQP are redeemable points (RDP if you will.) Most airline EQM promos don't award redeemable miles. Prior years' quietly targeted end-of-year double TQP promos--this is before they were called TQPs--awarded double TQP but single RDP.