Amtrak is now allowing you to book with both cash & points.
Introducing Points & Cash! As an Amtrak Guest Rewards® Preferred Mastercard® cardholder, we’re telling you the news first. You can now book Amtrak® travel with Amtrak Guest Rewards points and cash. With more redemption options and fewer points needed, it’s easier than ever to use points for travel. Points & Cash is available now on Amtrak.com, and will be on the Amtrak app later this month upon the next update. Book your next trip with Points & Cash today.
Unfortunately the redemption rate seems to be exceptionally poor. While you normally get 2.6¢ in value per point it seems that you get under 1¢ per point when using cash + points and closer to 0.5¢ per point.
