iDine/Rewards Network - 2008 Q1 Promotions (consolidated thread)

Finally, some bonuses this year!

Alaska Airlines
1/28/08 - 3/31/08
Fast Track to VIP for $250 in total spending
Link to Bonus Offer (https://mileageplan.rewardsnetwork.com/registerbonus.jsp?id=AK19)

American Airlines
1/28/08 - 3/31/08
250 bonus miles for each $25 dine
Link to Bonus Offer (https://aa.rewardsnetwork.com/registerbonus.jsp?id=A077)

Delta Airlines
1/28/08 - 3/31/08
2,000 bonus miles for $250 in total spending
Link to Bonus Offer (https://skymiles.rewardsnetwork.com/registerbonus.jsp?id=DL62)

Northwest Airlines
1/28/08 - 3/31/08
Fast Track to VIP for $250 in total spending
Link to Bonus Offer (https://nwa.rewardsnetwork.com/registerbonus.jsp?id=NW68)

Priority Club
1/28/08 - 3/31/08
Fast Track to Elite for $250 in total spending
Link to Bonus Offer (https://priorityclub.rewardsnetwork.com/registerbonus.jsp?id=PC20)

United Airlines
1/28/08 - 3/15/08
500 bonus miles for every $100 in total spending
Maximum of 10,000 bonus miles
Link to Bonus Offer (https://mpdining.rewardsnetwork.com/registerbonus.jsp?id=UA48)

US Airways
1/28/08 - 3/31/08
1,000 bonus miles for $250 in total spending
Link to Bonus Offer (https://usairways.rewardsnetwork.com/registerbonus.jsp?id=US13)

Link to bonus-specific thread (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=784219)

Link to "Rate Your Dine" Q1 thread (http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=772457) (Not included in this thread)

In addition to the UA bonus, there are also a Delta SkyMiles and AAdvantage IDINE miles bonuses, respectively.

Although I am elite in Priority Club Rewards dining program, the only "bonus" that appeared was a "Fast Track" bonus for this year -- irrelevant to me.

Having called up IDINE, they confirmed the miles bonuses above, as well as supposedly only the Fast Track PC bonus -- which I think is open to all.

Perusing the other IDINE participants, it also appears that there is a NW "Fast Track" bonus open to all.

Continental, predictably, shows nothing to this non-elite in the program.

I have not checked the other programs, i.e. Midwest, Alaska, etc.

I'll leave it to others to post the respective Terms and Conditions for the bonuses mentioned above.
OVERVIEW OF BONUS. YOU MUST REGISTER FOR EACH TO RECEIVE BONUS.

Alaska and Northwest, spend $250 between 1/28 and 3/31 gets you Fast Track to VIP Status, useless for most of us.

American, get 250 bonus miles, for each dine over $25 between 1/28 and 3/31, no limit.

Delta, spend $250 between 1/28 and 3/31 gets you 2000 bonus miles.

United, earn 500 bonus miles for every $100 spent between 1/28 and 3/15. 10,000 bonus max.

USAirways, spend $250 between 1/28 and 3/31 gets you 1000 bounus miles.

Continental, nothing!! Not even the rate you dine bonus. Just 5 miles per dine.

Finally, some bonuses this year!

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United Airlines
1/28/08 - 3/31/08
500 bonus miles for every $100 in total spending
Maximum of 10,000 bonus miles
Link to Bonus Offer (https://mpdining.rewardsnetwork.com/registerbonus.jsp?id=UA48)

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United's offer is only until 3/15/08

Fairly useless for me as I don't generally spend $25 a shot - had they begun these on Jan 1st, I might've been able to qualify for the Delta aggregate from one recent larger-than-usual dine.

American Airlines
1/28/08 - 3/31/08
250 bonus miles for each $25 dine
Link to Bonus Offer (https://aa.rewardsnetwork.com/registerbonus.jsp?id=A077)

This is nice... I will be buying $25 gift certificates per day for some of my fav restaurants for an effective 20 miles per dollar... At one restaurant, I go with a large group and routinely spend $500+ in one meal... So that's at least 20 consecutive days I'll be buying $25 GC's... They are going to think I'm crazy :)

Finally, some bonuses this year!



United Airlines
1/28/08 - 3/31/08
500 bonus miles for every $100 in total spending
Maximum of 10,000 bonus miles
Link to Bonus Offer (https://mpdining.rewardsnetwork.com/registerbonus.jsp?id=UA48)




UNITED IS ONLY UNTIL 3/15.

I registered for the NW promo, not quite understanding it. AFAIK I'm already VIP through 2008, having had 20+ dines in 07. Would this registration undo it, particularly since it's doubtful I'll spend $250 before 3/31?

I don't have time to cut and paste all the T&C's right now, but at least the Delta, American, and United versions of IDine have new bonus offers starting today until March 31. Check the respective websites for details.

True to form, each one has it's own peculiar rules:

AA: Earn 250 Aadvantage Bonus Miles for every qualified dine of $25 or more through 3/31/08.

Delta: Earn 2000 bonus miles when you spend $250 through 3/31/08.

United: Earn 500 bonus miles for every $100 you spend through 3/15/08.

Others can flesh out all the details and any other airline that's participating

I registered for the NW promo, not quite understanding it. AFAIK I'm already VIP through 2008, having had 20+ dines in 07. Would this registration undo it, particularly since it's doubtful I'll spend $250 before 3/31?

That promo seems to be for people who did not qualify last year for 2008 VIP status. Since you already have VIP status, there's no point in registering for it.

Thanks for the timely heads up.

Others can flesh out all the details and any other airline that's participatingSomeone should start a specific thread (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=452201) to do that.

Wow ... I was planning on hitting an i-dine restaurant tonight. Am I glad I checked the forum! ^ Thanks OP.


P.S. atxtraveller, heading to Restaurant Paris in Montreal tonight!

NWA:
No bonus mile, just earn VIP Dining status with $250 in dines. :td:

The website registration for the AA bonus is down: all attempts this morning to register were met with the warning: "We've encountered a problem registering you for the bonus offer. Try again later or call customer service". Finally, I called CS and they registered me. Attempting then, after logging out and back in (I never trust this stuff) says "you've already registered", so I'm good to go. This may help someone from reinventing the wheel with AA.

For those of you who have more than one (1) credit card registered to your AA account -- just remember, you can only earn one (1) 250 mile bonus per calendar day at participating restaurants.

Wow ... I was planning on hitting an i-dine restaurant tonight. Am I glad I checked the forum! ^ Thanks OP.


P.S. atxtraveller, heading to Restaurant Paris in Montreal tonight!

Great news! I am in SFO right now, and have 4 dines that have not credited yet, but I just found the bonus right now... so we will have to see whether it counts from when the dine occurred or when the credit is posted as to whether it was before the whistle blew!

No limit on the miles one can earn, this is a decent AA promo.

This thread has been dedicated to this 2008 Q1 250 miles / >=$25 (in most cases) bonus; posts from the "Please Share..." thread have been relocated here.

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I registered for the AA bonus without problem on Jan 28 and dined the 29th. It's good they finally came out with some kind of bonus to pique our interest, now that it's 5 per + 5 per for rating (my first three 2008 dines' rating bonus miles have posted.) Go forth from the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives... and dine... ;)

haha... always good humor from you...

this equates to 20 miles/$ if you're good enough to spend only $25 in your visit, of course the ratio declines for the marginal dollar thereafter... but still a good promo.

I thought it was interesting that the 5+5 for Rating ends on 3/31, as does the 250miles / >=$25.. Will we see something new and exciting appear on 4/1??

I became spoiled with 20 mile/$ dines, and haven't iDined this year with the 5+5 - maybe others are doing the same and iDine realizes they need something more to entice the mile hungry crowd.

Thanks for posting all this!

I was getting depressed about IDine and was about to give up on bothering with it.

I became spoiled with 20 mile/$ dines, and haven't iDined this year with the 5+5 - maybe others are doing the same and iDine realizes they need something more to entice the mile hungry crowd.

I was getting depressed about IDine and was about to give up on bothering with it.

Man, y'all are some greedy folk here!!! I would be happy with 1/mile per dollar... That would give me DOUBLE the miles I currently get at non-idine restaurants with my AA credit card which gives 1/mile per dollar... :D

Definitely great to see that there is no limit with the AA promo...off to dine (and buy gift cards)! :D

I believe, that since its inception, on the whole the AA dining has been the most generous in awarding bonus miles.

Good catch re the rate your dine bonus ending on 3/3/108 -- I had not noticed that.

That said, I am quite sure that it will be continued for AA, as well as the other IDINE participants as it is a cornerstone of the program's "rating" system -- that insulates it better from the claim that it just loans $$ at potentially usurious rates.

haha... always good humor from you...

this equates to 20 miles/$ if you're good enough to spend only $25 in your visit, of course the ratio declines for the marginal dollar thereafter... but still a good promo.

I thought it was interesting that the 5+5 for Rating ends on 3/31, as does the 250miles / >=$25.. Will we see something new and exciting appear on 4/1??

I became spoiled with 20 mile/$ dines, and haven't iDined this year with the 5+5 - maybe others are doing the same and iDine realizes they need something more to entice the mile hungry crowd.


Just wanted to highlight the issue of $25 and how, in the past, some people have found that it's a good idea to add a few cents to the total because sometimes the exact amount won't automatically produce a bonus. fwiw, I try to add at least a dime onto the bonus threshold.

I believe, that since its inception, on the whole the AA dining has been the most generous in awarding bonus miles.
While I agree AA has been pretty good over the past year or so, I don't recall any AA promo being as generous as the Delta promotion (25 dines of $25 or more in 6 months got 25,000 bonus miles) or United promotion ($125 in dines for 6 consecutive months) that were run in, I believe, the second half of 2006.

While I agree AA has been pretty good over the past year or so, I don't recall any AA promo being as generous as the Delta promotion (25 dines of $25 or more in 6 months got 25,000 bonus miles) or United promotion ($125 in dines for 6 consecutive months) that were run in, I believe, the second half of 2006.

Those were the mother of all bonuses! i don't recall if AA had one similar or not ... those were the days. :(

While I agree AA has been pretty good over the past year or so, I don't recall any AA promo being as generous as the Delta promotion (25 dines of $25 or more in 6 months got 25,000 bonus miles) or United promotion ($125 in dines for 6 consecutive months) that were run in, I believe, the second half of 2006.

That promotion right there screams GC purchase to me. Essentially, you could get a free coach ticket for stopping by the local bennigan's every day for a month. Bring that one to AA!

fwiw, I try to add at least a dime onto the bonus threshold.
You sound you're still stuck in the 10 miles/$ days? :)

Now, in the 5+5 miles/$ days, I never would make a dine amount other than $xx.00, $xx.20, $xx.40, $xx.60, or $xx.80. Those 1 to 19 cents you could add in between those amounts are "thrown away" from the point of earning miles. :)

You sound you're still stuck in the 10 miles/$ days? :)

Now, in the 5+5 miles/$ days, I never would make a dine amount other than $xx.00, $xx.20, $xx.40, $xx.60, or $xx.80. Those 1 to 19 cents you could add in between those amounts are "thrown away" from the point of earning miles. :)

I thought the same thing today at lunch when adding the tip. I ended up going $25.20 which is going to be my modus operandi for the rest of this bonus round.

Most effective to round tabs to nearest 25 cents not 20 cents as with all other partners (earning 5x).

This thread has been dedicated to this 2008 Q1 250 miles / >=$25 (in most cases) bonus; posts from the "Please Share..." thread have been relocated here. While I appreciate the notoriety of becoming the original poster of this newly created thread, I think that this thread could be more accurately titles as "2008 Q1 Promotions - Consolidated Thread" rather than the AA specific title it currently has.

Most effective to round tabs to nearest 25 cents not 20 cents as with all other partners (earning 5x).:confused: $1.00/5 miles per $ = 20 cents

Edited to add: Oh, do you mean for Priority Club only? ($1.00/8 points per $ = .125 cents x 2 = .25 cents)

Edited again to add: Duh, you said that in your post title ... I almost never look at titles for individual posts. :o

Good point! I only use one of these programs, so I can have a AA-centric viewpoint. Another thing I was trying to do is separate it from the (also Q1, unfortunately,) the current Rating bonus of 5 miles per dollar for several airlines. That's a major advantage of FlyerTalk, it tends to keep us honest and give us a wider viewpoint.

(N.B. You can also feel free to use the "Report Bad or Missing Post" function to make a valuable suggestion like that; it goes to my e-mail directly, so I can make changes sooner.)


While I appreciate the notoriety of becoming the original poster of this newly created thread, I think that this thread could be more accurately titles as "2008 Q1 Promotions - Consolidated Thread" rather than the AA specific title it currently has.

My first AAdvantage "Every Dine" bonus dines were January 29 and 30 - and the 250 miles for each have posted to iDine and to AA already. I was kind of concerned with the usual "Please allow 6 –8 weeks after your qualified dine for any bonus miles to post to your account" disclaimer, but they are posting quickly. ^

I haven't had one IDine dine in 2008. I'm having a real problem in my home area with finding restaurants that are any good.

I hope to pick some up when I'm traveling. Otherwise it may be a low points year for me.

I haven't had one IDine dine in 2008. I'm having a real problem in my home area with finding restaurants that are any good.

I hope to pick some up when I'm traveling. Otherwise it may be a low points year for me.

My brother lives north of Dallas (McKinney) and has the same complaint. Too bad, since he turned me on to i-dine, and I far out-earned him last year (over 60K miles)!

My brother lives north of Dallas (McKinney) and has the same complaint. Too bad, since he turned me on to i-dine, and I far out-earned him last year (over 60K miles)!

Your brother is right. I would definitely be a small consumer of their services if it had not been for travelling outside of McKinney!

500 miles for "MP DINING 10K MILE MARATHON" posted in my United account before the responsible dines!

I noticed in the small print that the bonuses are awarded to US residents only. Any Canucks here know how tightly Rewards Network adheres to that rule? I had an AA dine 2 weeks ago that qualified for the 250 bonus miles, but haven't seen a bonus inch yet.

I noticed in the small print that the bonuses are awarded to US residents only. Any Canucks here know how tightly Rewards Network adheres to that rule? I had an AA dine 2 weeks ago that qualified for the 250 bonus miles, but haven't seen a bonus inch yet.

It works for Canadians as well. The 250 mile bonus takes a while to post.

OTOH if you have a Mexican AAdvantage-linked card, for instance, you're DOA.

It works for Canadians as well. The 250 mile bonus takes a while to post.

So we have confirmed it works for Canucks and Canadians, what about Flames, Oilers and Senators? If we don't want to leave out Nova Scotians also, do we?

So we have confirmed it works for Canucks and Canadians, what about Flames, Oilers and Senators? If we don't want to leave out Nova Scotians also, do we?

Nothing ever works for the Leafs - that's why you didn't bother asking!

And of course it would have worked for the old Winnipeg team - this is FLYERtalk afterall, though why Lufthansa Elites would want AA miles is beyond me. :D

It's nice to see that this time around the bonuses are posting right away, at least in the case of the AA and UA offers. I had several dines that totaled over $300 that I charged on my UA card and shortly after the dines posted so did the 3 500 mile bonuses. In the past you would have to wait 6-8 weeks after the promotion ended to see the bonus post.

And on another tangent, I've had scores of dines in several of the airlines' programs and it has been at least a year and a half since I've had to fax in a receipt to get a missed credit. So in genreal a big ^ to Rewards Network.

2000 DL miles posted to my account about a week after the threshold dine. ^

2000 DL miles posted to my account about a week after the threshold dine. ^

Mine too, I was shocked how quickly it posted.

How long does it usually take to have the bonus 5miles for rating post?

How long does it usually take to have the bonus 5miles for rating post?
THey typically post only when they're sent to the airline, whatever cycle that's on.

However, recently at AAdvantage Dining, one batch of my ratings posts (a) was sent to the airline a week later than normal, and (b) now shows up at the airline but still doesn't show up at the dining website! :confused:

So I guess allow two airline posting cycles at least.

And btw, they post differently at the two places. At the airline site, it's typically something like "VIP bonus". But at the dining site, it shows up (this year) as second posting of the same dine with a stupid link for rating the same restaurant visit again! However, completing this second rating form earns no further bonus. So I've gotten in the habit of always rating the real post, then never rating the bonus post, and thus I can easily tell which are the bonus posts because those are the ones that still have a "rate your transcation" dine but aren't at the top of the list. :)

2000 DL miles posted to my account about a week after the threshold dine. ^

Mine too, I was shocked how quickly it posted.
Have they shown up at the airline qucikly too?

In my case, I have a United threshold bonus that posted at the dining site with similar speed, says there it was sent to the airline 3/18, but as of this morning (4/4) still hasn't shown up at the airline!

Maybe I've got this in the wrong place but I'm sure a mod can move this if they feel the need:

I had breakfast at Francoli Gourmet today in Newport Beach, CA (in Fashion Island Mall). First of all, the food was excellent and pricing reasonable.

Most important for those of you in SoCal---when the check came there was a promotion offering a bonus $10.00 Gift Card for every $100.00 GC purchased. They offer idine rewards up to $1000.00 per month.

Here's another nice little bonus---this place began as a speciality importer of fine Italian foods, cookware and crockery, which they stll offer. Then they added a very nice wine bar, both by the glass and/or take home by the bottle. Next they added food and included a deli so that you can take many of the ingredients home with you. Weekends they added entertainment (no points on Fri. or Sat. but a GC would solve that problem).

With the holiday season coming up you may be able to fill a lot of stockings with wonderful gifts while also maxing out the Sept. promotion.