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Old Oct 3, 2012, 10:13 pm
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Originally Posted by DaveInLA
My understanding of this is that you always start at an "online member" until you get that 12th dining visit, then you're a VIP member for the rest of the calendar year? Is this correct? Or does VIP membership extend for 12 months? Forever?
IME, once you earn VIP status, you hold it for the remainder of that calendar year and the full following calendar year. In other words, if it was earned today, it would be effective for the remainder of 2012 and all of 2013.
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