Originally Posted by
JDiver
If one needs to build status, break the bill down (e.g. a drink prior to dining in the bar, on the credit card; the meal on the credit card, and oh, wait, I forgot I wanted dessert and a coffee, let's run it on the credit card!) If one were worried about this strategy, which has been reported as working several times in this forum, merely use different registered credit cards. You will be up to eleven spends in no time at all.
I've found staff very understanding about a request for "alcohol as a separate charge please"; they infer that you're only going to "expense" the food, and cover the booze out-of-pocket. I have run into a couple of instances where the bartender (server) balked at charging a single beer at RN joints.