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by Aaron Hockley
Sunday I (along with Jennifer and Brookly) are heading halfway to Seattle to visit some friends.
I had the brilliant idea tonight… what about Amtrak? Looks like business must be good, as round trip coach tickets for 2 will come to a total of $92. No thanks… I’ll spend far less than that in gas, even in my wife’s gas-hog SUV.
But wait! I have a zillion Amtrak Guest Rewards points… checking the site… Cascades coach tickets are 1,000 points… sweet… checking further… must reserve at least 2 weeks in advance and I can’t buy a seat for Jennifer using my points. Crap.
Oh well, so much for the train.
February 20th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Wow… where were you trying to go? Usually Portland to Seattle for two is about 90-100 bucks.
Which definately beats a tank o’ gas. But 9x dollars for Vancouver to anywhere less than Seattle seems a bit high. It is wierd though that they usually charge not per mile or anything or distance but by actual destinations.
…I’m glad you just brought up the fact that one can’t use points for others.
I’ve got a mess since I started the program and that definately puts a damper on what I was planning on doing with them.
btw - Excellent photos.