Originally Posted by xpstranger
Hi,
I am new to Idine and AAdventage card, so please can someone clarify this for me,
If I have AA card to use it in Idine restaurants, I have to be registered with Idine and pay membership fee in addition to AA membership fee?
O just register with AA dine program. This a little confusing to the newbie
thanks
You need to sign up for the idine program, and register a credit card (any) with the idine program. You can reach it via a link on the AA site. While there, you can create a profile and register your credit card with the idine program. (
There is no charge to sign up! ) ^
Then just use that (
registered) credit card to pay for your dine - and enjoy the miles! (You do not have to say you are getting miles - just pay as you normally would.)
Just use the
registered card to pay to earn the miles! (Example - if you have a Visa and MasterCard, but only register the Visa, you would not earn miles if you pay with the MasterCard.)
Also be sure to check on the website what cards are accepted that earn miles at that location! The restaurant may accept AX, VI, MC and Discover (as seen by the sign on their door), but they may only give mileage when using VI and MC, or AX and MC (but not VI) - so you may not get the miles you think you got!
So check the website first!
Another option - if you have more than 1 credit card - is to register
different cards with
different programs. (I have 4 cards and each is registered to a different program.) So, depending on which card I pay with, and if the location accepts that card for idine, I can earn miles for different programs!
This is especially helpful if the location gives mileage "limited to 1 visit per month". So I used a different card each time, and earn UA miles the 1st dine, CO miles the 2nd time, DL miles the 3rd time, etc...
