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Old Jan 9, 2020 | 8:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Happy
For the entertainment value - I just took a look of DoorDash offerings in our area - 90% of them are fast food places, places like Burger king, Subway, Polo Tropical, Miami Subs etc And their delivery time is 35 min to 45 min... Then I filtered the offerings with $ and food category, like Chinese restaurants - again majority are take out places and even one low-end buffet. One restaurant I actually know about, had its name spelled wrong, dropping the last letter from its name - it is called Silver Pond but listed as Silver Pon on Door Dash...

It is so pathetic... but of course if you are living in NYC or San Francisco or Los Angeles, it may be great benefit to you...
It's a pretty poor selection compared to Seamless/Grubhub/Uber Eats - especially if you filter for pickup options - and that's even living in NYC. Though I did notice the pho place at the end of my block is on DD pickup and the menu prices are the same as in store (though in reality you get a 15% discount if you call in your pick up order and don't use the apps). So I'll get 4 free meals out of the credit this year before my AF hits.

Originally Posted by Happy
Do you know AF often can book DL flights at much lower cost than using DL program itself?
How about Avianca, it has much lower cost chart on Star A partners incl UA.
Then there is Virgin Atlantic...
Again completely agree. I booked a domestic UA F seat for 15k Avianca miles just last week. Transferred instantly from Citi. Using UA miles would have cost nearly double.
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