That is correct. When AGR 2.0 was announced, there was a fun little calculator on the /rideon page (until it got "ridden off" at the last minute) which roughly indicated this. 34.5 points/dollar was the indicated exchange rate, except in the case of the Acela (where IIRC it was more like 40:1). AGR 2.0 was initially pitched as tying point redemption prices directly to cash ticket prices.If I understand correctly, the OP is not complaining about the price of the ticket, but rather about the exchange rate between points and dollars. Part of the AGR 2 announcement was that 34.5 points should equal a dollar, and that declaration has been untrue on a regular and recurring basis.
Note that the 34.5 points per dollar is the approximate reciprocal of the exact predicted exchange rate, and that rate applies off the NEC (and maybe on the NEC but off Acela). These details do not invalidate what I understand to be Anderson's complaint.
With due respect, I think the AGR folks went to some pains to mislead us. Maybe it was Marketing's fault, maybe it wasn't (I'm really not prepared to give anyone slack on this...it was a general cluster-you-know-what overall). But the material at promotion time went to great pains to play up that direct price/points connection, to post a direct-value calculator, etc. I'll note that as far as I can tell, at lower tiers the availaibility isn't there (something that is another "correction" which was announced after the program was changed). The real problem I have is getting slapped with "Oh, there are no blackout dates, this won't be a pro...oh, wait, thanks for the surprise guys." There is a time when "no" is a better answer than a horribly quailified and uncertain "maybe".Let me get this straight.
Under the old program, you wouldn't have been able to book this room.
Under the new program you are. And that's a bad thing? Based off of an incorrect assumption on the fact that the $$<->points conversion would be at a constant rate, based on pre-rollout incomplete information?
There's absolutely a problem here, but it isn't with AGR 2.0.
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