Originally Posted by scirel
Wow...I'm really surprised at all the real negative feedback. Sure, it's a bummer that we'll earn less miles. Idine won't be a prime opportunity to earn boatloads of miles anymore, for those that managed it. But it's certainly not any reason to drop out, or not sign up.
Register your cards and then forget about iDine. Don't do anything you wouldn't do if the iDine program wasn't there. Eat where you want when you want. Personally, I don't even know what restaurants around me are in the program. And every once in a while, a few miles pop into one of my accounts as a surprise, for something I did anyway.
When Idine decided to start charging a $9 quarterly "inactivity fee" on the cashback program I decided that indeed it was time to drop out.
Personally I think everyone should drop out and indicate that the new program is unacceptable. Idine makes money hand over fist by loaning money to restaurants and then receiving 100% interest in the form of dining credits. But they won't be able to make money if the consumers decide against participating.