<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cordelli:
I was in the cash back program and moved to the miles. Getting a $29 check every now and then just gets deposited and means nothing to me, I really needed to set up a separate bank aco**** for all these little checks.
Miles means something, as they can only be used for travel, not to gas up the car.</font>
Also, I believe with the cash back program, there is an annual fee (about $49). Your first $49 of cash backs is used to offset this, so you won't get cash back immediately.
But I choose the airline option. The main reason, is whatever miles I earn is combined into my AAdvantage account, with all the other miles I've earned from doing different things. If my only way of getting miles was iDine, then I would use cash back. But since it isn't, I choose the miles.