To check Amtrak gift card balance online, you need to do as follows:
- Go to the Amtrak website. You can find the address for the said Amtrak website at the bottom end of this article, within the ‘links’ section. When you enter that address into your browser, the Amtrak website will load immediately.
- Once the Amtrak website loads on your browser, scroll down the homepage, to the very bottom end of it. There, at the bottom end of the Amtrak website’s homepage, you will find some three columns/categories of links with titles like ‘About Amtrak’, ‘Travel Smart’ and ‘Site Tools’. And if you check under the ‘Travel Smart’ column/category, you will find a ‘Gift Cards’ link. Click on it (the ‘Gift Cards’ link).
- On the page that you are taken to (after having clicked on the ‘Gift Cards’ link), scroll down a bit, until you get to the part with the ‘Buy Gift Card’ and ‘Check Card Balance’ buttons. Then click on the ‘Check Card Balance’ button there.
- On the page that you will be taken to (after clicking on the ‘Check Card Balance’ button), you will find a couple of spaces provided for you to enter your Amtrak gift card number and PIN. Now get hold of your Amtrak gift card and take note of its number. Then copy that number into the space provided for the same on the Amtrak gift card balance checking page. Similarly, take note of your Amtrak gift card’s PIN, and copy it into the space provided for it on the Amtrak gift card balance checking page.
- After entering your Amtrak gift card number and PIN into the respective spaces, click on the ‘I am not a robot’ checkbox. Then complete whatever captcha challenge you may be given. Once you are through with the captcha challenge, click on the ‘Check Balance’ button and your Amtrak gift card balance will then be displayed for you.
Amtrak gift card purchase – How to buy an Amtrak gift card online
To purchase an Amtrak gift card online, you need to follow these steps:
- Enter the address for the Amtrak website into your browser. That address (for the Amtrak website) is given within the ‘links’ section below. When you enter that address into your browser, the Amtrak website will load immediately.
- Once the Amtrak website loads on your browser, scroll down to the very bottom end of the homepage. Then — at the bottom end — click on the ‘Gift Cards’ link that is under the ‘Travel Smart’ column/category of links. So you just click on the ‘Gift Cards’ link that is somewhere near the bottom end of the Amtrak website’s homepage.
- Scroll down the page that you are taken to (after clicking on the ‘Gift Cards’ link), until you get to the part with the ‘Buy Gift Card’ and ‘Check Card Balance’ buttons. Then click on the ‘Buy Gift Card’ button there.
- Enter the required details in the subsequent screens, to complete the Amtrak gift card purchase transaction. Among other things, you will be required to enter the Amtrak gift card recipient and sender details, then select a gift card design and specify the gift card amount.
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