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Well the "missing points request" didn't do anything but a phone call did and the points posted over the weekend. Bill J

The Barcode is the most convenient method to print your tickets at a Quik Trac machine but there are other ways. Either use the credit card that you used to pay for the tickets (Beware - this will bring up all tickets that you bought with that card, even the ones for future trips) and you can...

You got a pretty good deal. My offer was triple points for gasoline, grocery and dining purchases over $500 a month. Bill J

Did you account for the "deductible"? The promo sent to me said I would get triple points on these types of purchases over $500 per month. Bill J

But you will need at least the 30,000 in the bank to make the reservation. The rebated points are posted almost immediately however. Bill J

Around the end of November I received around 1400 extra points which I assume was my October bonus points. I am guessing they are a month behind. Bill J

Keep in mind that you get a 5% point rebate for Amtrak trip redemptions if you're a AGR Mastercard holder. For a while this summer the rebate was 10% which allowed me to save a bunch of points as I booked my annual February Florida trip as well as an Auto Train trip and several trips from NJ to...

I travel with a netbook, gps puck, broadband card, camera, etc and wouldn't want coach passengers walking through my sleeping car. Not that other sleeper passengers wouldn't steal but the more people walking through the greater the chance of having something lifted. Bill J

Don't forget last summer AGR was run by a contractor. It may be different with Amtrak people running it now. Bill J

I'm going to do a missing points request and see what happens. I will report the result. Thanks for the comments. Bill J

My daughter recently traveled on the Cap Ltd and on her return trip the Conductor did not collect her ticket. Can I just do a missing points request to get credit? Thanks, Bill J

I received my bonus points today but they don't state if they are for October or November. I guess I'll do some figuring to see which month. I'm assuming these are for October and the bonus points are a month behind. Bill

Not sure what you call a heavy user but I put over 35K a year on mine and I got the offer. What they managed to do is get me to take my gas, and grocery purchases and put them on my Amtrak card instead of my Amex. I already put my dining purchases on my Amtrak MC. Bill J

All, I would reccommend that when everyone does get their bonus points that they go through their statement to make sure the amount of points are correct. Sometimes merchants are not classified correctly and your dining or grocery purchases may not credited. Bill J

I tend to average somewhere in the 4 to 5 percent range. Remember Amtrak uses Yield Management in setting fares so the later you book the higher the fare and the more you get for your points. For example if I booked my Feb FL trip today it would cost $2,026 for two people in a bedroom or 40,000...