The dining program will be great for you.

Regarding which program to join: It doesn't matter. Most of the restaurants in one program participate in all of the programs. The only question you have to decide is what airline you need miles on.

Call 800.818.8339 to sign up. That's officially Delta's number, but they'll sign you up with any program. This number also has a fax-back service so you can immediately find out what restaurants participate in a town or area code. It only takes 48 hours to activate an account.