It's been interesting watching this baby grow over the years. People get miles for gift certificates, buying a few drinks, dropping in for desert - and when my nephew wanted a couple of tee shirts form a brewpub, I got miles for the tee shirts and a six-pack of good ale to go.

The variety of iDine venues is growing. In the Sacramento area, lots of diversity in the foods offered, soul food, Vietnamese, and on and on - as well as more bars and pubs; some of these venues offer food, but offer drinks or entertainment as the main course, and we have recently seen at least two gay and one lesbian venue added to the list - one or two of these at elast have been around for a long time, so we're not talking about a new resto who secured opening money by advance meal sales.

jmsfla2002, just sign up for the promos and read them carefully, and double check the days and credit cards acceptable for miles earning. One resto might take AMEX, but whoops, not for miles earning; another might not award miles Friday and Saturday, while even those claiming to offer miles anytime every day might decide Easter or Mothers' Day will be excepted. You wil normally be able to keep on top of it by checking weekly.