No advantages??? :confused:

How about the advantage of earning points for each reservation completed, which can later be redeemed for dollars-off of meals at ANY OpenTable restaurant?

How about the advantage of having a printed confirmation to show, just in case?

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Anybody have any experiences with redeeming through OpenTable.com ?

I made an online reservation for dinner at a restaurants website, and it automatically linked to Opentable and required use of this system...

Interested to hear any experiences... particularly Canadian if there are any...

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I've used OpenTable.com a bunch of times, but I'm still 200 points (2 dines) short of redemming for a gift certificate.

I've only had one problem with them. That was when I changed a reservation time and I wasn't credited. OpenTable.com emailed me with a warning that I missed my reservation without telling them. They have a whole system built in to dispute that. I did the dispute, as I called the restaurant beforehand and told them I had to change the reservation to 45 min later. OpenTable.com reviewed my dispute, said it was okay and gave me the points for that dine.

Other than that one misunderstanding, I'm quite happy with them. ^
OpenTable.com seems to be in place at a bunch of the higher dollar restaurants in my area.

Steve :)

I have never redeemed anything at Opentable.com but I find it's a very useful service for making reservations. Here in DC almost all of the mid and upper scale restaurants are on it, so it makes it very easy to select where you want to go and book it.

I've used Open Table for reservations many times and find it really convenient. I also have a bunch of points but I really don't keep track of them.

I use it extensively. Very reliable, but I haven't redeemed anything yet.

I am not seeing it on opentable.com but if it is an option someone wants a referal send me your link and I'll be happy conga with ya.

I use opentable a lot. I've redeemed two $10 checks so far. You receive them pretty quickly.

dinnerbroker.com works pretty much the same way, and has a different set of participating restaurants.

Beware - I just checked dinnerbroker for a random restaurant tonight in DC.

The restaurant had availability at 8:30, 9 and 9:30 per OpenTable; per Dinnerbroker, the earliest available was 10 PM.

Opentable is GREAT!
 

I'm an avid user of the service and built up so many points (for a while, I was only dining at 1,000 point restaurants) that I cashed in for $300 in dining cheques. I blew them all in one night at Michael Mina in downtown SF for my girlfriend's birthday. Fantastic service with great rewards! Highly recommended.

Open Table is reliable and convenient. If time you want isn't avail, you can call restaurant the old fashioned way and seek an accommodation.

I LOVE opentable. My motto is if you aren't on there, I'm probably not going to eat at your restaurant. I have had only the best experiences with them - no problems to report at all.

I find Opentable an excellent resource for securing reservations without having to call. If you however need to change your reservation by phone Opentable will mark you as a no show and if you have enough of those you will lose account privileges.

If you book through Opentable more than 12 times in a calendar year you achieve VIP status... surprised no one has mentioned that considering it is FT :)

good tip. i've only used dinnerbroker when the place i want isn't on opentable; i will continue to do so.