<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Rut Dog:
I just noticed today that restaurants listed as earning 7 miles to the $ actually earn 7.5 miles. Apparently the iDine web system can only display integers.
Also, I recently encountered an exception to the formula I use to calculate my expected miles in a spreadsheet:
INT(Total Bill * Earning Rate) = Expected Miles
Example:
$8.88 * 10 = 88.8
INT(88.8) = 88 expected miles, credited as such
Exception:
$24.91 * 7.5 = 186.825
INT(186.825) = 186 but listed on iDine is 187
Based on previous experience with this restaurant, I know 7.5 is the correct rate.
In all other cases they have never rounded up and never used standard rounding (up at .5 and greater, else down). They have alwasy used the greatest integer, i.e., rounding down.
Of course, this could have just changed.
Any thoughts? Anyone else this anal? 
[This message has been edited by Rut Dog (edited 09-06-2003).]</font>
In looking at my dining rewards, I see the following:
Charge $14.39 Credit 143 Miles
No rounding up. If only I added one cent more to the tip, I would have had another American Airlines mile! I'm really kicking myself for not doing that.
When will be the big lawsuit, so I can get the mile I'm owed?
[This message has been edited by burgerwars (edited 09-06-2003).]