Amtrak and United

[kmock]

The other thing is, at least I have noticed that more often than not booking the Amtrak and the United legs separately you can get a significantly lower net fare.

Yup, for whatever reason, It would cost almost $400 more to book the Amtrak segment through United.

 

[jis]

It is because not all of the dozens of available air fare classes are available for the conjunction fare. Many of the ones not available are the cheaper fare classes.

 

[Nickrapak]

I've earned AGR miles on United flights even without the codeshare; just drop your AGR number in when booking your flight and they pay 1 mile per mile flown. Don't know if it's a bug in the system, but I'm milking it as long as I can.

 

[jis]

I would do that too, except that for me United Mileage Plus points are way more valuable than AGR points, and the United BIS miles are even more valuable for the lifetime status that it brings with it.

 

[seat38a]

I would do that too, except that for me United Mileage Plus points are way more valuable than AGR points, and the United BIS miles are even more valuable for the lifetime status that it brings with it.

Yup and those United Miles, if your an elite or Chase MP card holder gives you access to flights that the non elites do not have access to and also at the saver rate! Have been able to cash out 20K miles, which was the saver miles, during busy travel periods on 95% of the flights between the city pair I was traveling to.

 

[Devil's Advocate]

Even people who never fly United can do more with MP points than with AGR points. Amtrak's meager alliances page makes it clear that today's AGR is about as well connected as a fringe third world airline.

Link: https://www.amtrak.com/partners-alliances