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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 6:28 am
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Originally Posted by gsilliman
It is possible for an IDine restaurant to process your charge and have it not earn pooints, but there are controls in place --

The process is usually seen at restaurants that do a lot of banquet business -- It's a standard Idine condition that points cannot be earned for payments relating to dining with pre-arranged menus or prices that are not on the normal menu. Gift certificates are also disallowed under the Idine standard terms.
Does anyone know if this is still the case (for banquets - obviously the gift certificate restriction is long gone)? I am planning a June banquet event at a Chicago restaurant and was considering whether to actually say something re: RN to the banquet manager as they only offer rewards on Su-W. My actual event would be on a Monday so I needn't say anything but I'd like the deposit to also be credited on a valid day. Alternatively I could purchase a gift card up to the monthly earning limit if they allow gift card redemption for banquet payment.

Thoughts?

Many thanks.
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