The Offer
- Amtrak is offering a free roundtrip when you take three roundtrips on Acela or Northeast Regional between January 2nd and February 29th, 2020
The Fine Print
- Acela:
- Take six qualifying one-way trips on Acela from January 2, 12:00 am CST – February 29, 2020, 11:59 pm CST and get two Free Trip coupons.
- Each coupon is valid for one free one-way Acela trip.
- Minimum spend of $89 per one-way segment is required for travel to qualify.
- Limit of two qualifying one-way segments per day and one qualifying segment per train number per day.
- Free Trip coupons are redeemable for Acela Business class travel from July 1, 12:00 am CST – August 31, 2020, 11:59 pm CST.
- A maximum of four coupons may be earned.
- Must be an Amtrak Guest Rewards member and register for this offer to participate.
- Members who have Select Executive status from January 2, 12:00 am – February 29, 2020, 11:59 pm CST will earn coupons redeemable for Acela First class travel.
- Register online at Amtrak.com/123FREEAcela.
- Northeast Regional:
- Take six qualifying one-way trips on Northeast Regional from January 2, 12:00 am CST – February 29, 2020 11:59 pm CST and get two Free Trip coupons.
- Each coupon is valid for one free one-way Northeast Regional trip.
- Minimum spend of $49 per one-way segment is required for travel to qualify.
- Limit of two qualifying one-way segments per day and one qualifying segment per train number per day.
- Travel with a monthly pass or using multi-ride tickets does not qualify for this promotion.
- Free Trip coupons are redeemable for Northeast Regional Coach class travel from July 1, 12:00 am CST – August 31, 2020 11:59 pm CST.
- A maximum of four coupons may be earned.
- Must be an Amtrak Guest Rewards member and register for this offer to participate.
- Members who have Select Executive status from January 2 – February 29, 2020 will earn coupons redeemable for Northeast Regional Business class travel.
- Register online at Amtrak.com/123FREENER.
Our Verdict
Not sure how this compares to other discounts they offer, I guess it’s a good deal for business travelers though as you’ll likely get to keep the freebie.
Thanks for the alert. Alas, those minimum spends per segment are poison pills for the utility of this deal to travel hackers…. *unless you’re a regular amtrak rail-rider) Recall well the days when we could ride the rails, the short hop, skip & jump routines, within a single day…. (eh Carrie?) Haven’t seen any decent promotions on my legacy n/f amtrak card in over a year either…. Amtrak’s been Delta’d…. *tic, and that’s not a good thing, imho.