Bonus-induced dining frenzy
Oct 17, 2007, 11:20 am
#1
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Bonus-induced dining frenzy
With the days of 5+5+5+5=20 mi/$ (Elite + Elite Bonus + Five Mile Bonus + Rate Your Dine Bonus) drawing to a close (Five Mile Bonus is first to go on 10/31/07), I am curious as to how many of you out there have been in a dining frenzy to rack up those bonuses?
In my case, there is only one nearby restaurant that is in the program. I've been there 5 times since the beginning of the promotions (I started late on 9/12). Admittedly, 1 was takeout and 1 was delivery. I'm thinking I can get my wife to go there at least 4 more times in the next two weeks!
I'm positive there are others here who have gone to far greater lengths to secure their 20 mi/$. Parameters: one restaurant; dines since 8/19 when the RYD Bonus started. Let's hear it!
In my case, there is only one nearby restaurant that is in the program. I've been there 5 times since the beginning of the promotions (I started late on 9/12). Admittedly, 1 was takeout and 1 was delivery. I'm thinking I can get my wife to go there at least 4 more times in the next two weeks!
I'm positive there are others here who have gone to far greater lengths to secure their 20 mi/$. Parameters: one restaurant; dines since 8/19 when the RYD Bonus started. Let's hear it!
Last edited by dstan; Oct 17, 2007 at 1:48 pm Reason: remember, one restaurant!
Oct 17, 2007, 11:30 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: ito/phx
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Posts: 91
I've lost count
Breakfasts, lunches, dinners - I think we've gone out more in the last month than in the three previous months combined. I know its over fifteen but under twenty five total dines. And, I'm sure that we're nowhere near the leaders. 
Oct 17, 2007, 1:34 pm
#4
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Reisterstown, MD, USA
Posts: 117
I did my 4 Delta dining over $25 for the 1000 bonus.
With the American x+x+x+x bonus, I've eaten out more, plus, with the addition of Bennigan's, have bought a $5 lunch and $25 gift card several times.
Tony
With the American x+x+x+x bonus, I've eaten out more, plus, with the addition of Bennigan's, have bought a $5 lunch and $25 gift card several times.
Tony
Oct 18, 2007, 4:11 am
#7
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: DFW; Allen, TX
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I am lucky enough to get to use this for corporate dines personally, so I maxed out earlier with a total of one or two dines... so yes, I have gone crazy to get the bonus, but my crazy was not as difficult as yours!
Oct 18, 2007, 7:18 am
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I have a rotation of restaurants locally that I use for lunch, I eat at different iDine restaurants a minimum of three times a week for lunch when I'm home. I am fortunate in that Kansas City seems to have more than its fair share of iDine restaurants for a city its size.
Oct 18, 2007, 3:08 pm
#11
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I've been hitting a few, but since I've been out of the country, fewer than possible. And wishing they would have had these when I was working for a few days in Redding, CA, when there was a resto offering 10+10, which would have been very nice with the extra 5+5!
Waist not, want not...
Waist not, want not...
Nov 1, 2007, 3:00 pm
#12
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surveying the damage
In my case, there is only one nearby restaurant that is in the program. I've been there 5 times since the beginning of the promotions (I started late on 9/12). Admittedly, 1 was takeout and 1 was delivery. I'm thinking I can get my wife to go there at least 4 more times in the next two weeks!
Nov 2, 2007, 8:35 am
#13
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Grapevine, TX
Programs: AA since 07/03/1985
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Keep it up..
I have 180K miles this year & 259K since joining.
Combining Business Travel (Hotels), Business and Personal Dining, and a effort to ONLY eat where we get miles has made one heck of a difference.
Combining Business Travel (Hotels), Business and Personal Dining, and a effort to ONLY eat where we get miles has made one heck of a difference.
Nov 19, 2007, 9:52 am
#14
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As a diver, I really enjoy diving with sharks - now, with all the bonuses and this Forum, I understand much more about the meaning of "opportunistic predators."
Last night, we had a really, really nice meal in Napa (California) at Bayleaf restaurant on Monticello (near the Silverado Country Club) - Lady JDiver was almost as excited about earning 15 miles (once we rate the dine) and 5 HHonors points per dollar spent, as well as 1,000 Open Table points (bonus for 5:30 PM booking,) equivalent to a $10 rebate.
(We'll be hopefully seeing some sharks in a week's time when we are diving in the Caribbean, so it's time to "make hay while the sun shines" and nail some more iDine rating bonus meals...)
180k miles this year?
That's good!
Last night, we had a really, really nice meal in Napa (California) at Bayleaf restaurant on Monticello (near the Silverado Country Club) - Lady JDiver was almost as excited about earning 15 miles (once we rate the dine) and 5 HHonors points per dollar spent, as well as 1,000 Open Table points (bonus for 5:30 PM booking,) equivalent to a $10 rebate.
(We'll be hopefully seeing some sharks in a week's time when we are diving in the Caribbean, so it's time to "make hay while the sun shines" and nail some more iDine rating bonus meals...)
180k miles this year?
That's good!
Nov 19, 2007, 1:35 pm
#15
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Nice dine, JDiver!
Mrs. dstan happily picked up the tab for dinner last night at our local taco joint on her way to another 1000 mi new member bonus! ^ Just wish we had more nearby restaurants in the program!
(Lucky you headed to the Caribbean - what island? - we're just taking a long weekend in Key Largo in mid-Dec - her first trip to the Spiegel Grove - have to look up RewardsNetwork restaurants, of course!)
Mrs. dstan happily picked up the tab for dinner last night at our local taco joint on her way to another 1000 mi new member bonus! ^
Just wish we had more nearby restaurants in the program!(Lucky you headed to the Caribbean - what island? - we're just taking a long weekend in Key Largo in mid-Dec - her first trip to the Spiegel Grove - have to look up RewardsNetwork restaurants, of course!)