If I come, I'm bringing a fence (or a section of one, anyway.) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Not anything good.

Indian Food-Kalachandji's
Pool Hall-CJ's Billiard Palace
Putt Putt-City Golf & Caddy Shack
Bar-Bronco Bowl

Double miles have appeared on a local restaurant from breakfast. 480 for a $24 meal. The only problem is that there is another breakfast spot we frquent more often where we get 10 miles, and breakfast for 3 was about half the price. So as much as I like those double miles...I think I may stick with the restaurant that's cheaper and I like better, and it's more convenient!

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Ms.DtG

Well http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/mad.gif!!! Just checked the area I'll be visiting this weekend April 25-26, none of my fav restaurants are giving points but if I can get to one on Thursday the 24th I can earn 20 points per $$.

Why not plan to come with a good attitude?
No fences are needed. Live it at home.

Little joke? http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Bongo
Seafood
NY, New York City
West Side 14-44th Streets
299 10th Ave
New York, NY 10001
(212) 947-3654
From idine:
"Seafood is the specialty at Bongo. Six variety of oysters are served daily, along with shrimp and clams. And why not have a fabulous martini from their martini menu, or choose champagne to go with their caviar selection. A quiet ambiance and an off-the-beaten path place for conversation."


Never tried it, it's in Chelsea(27th st?), but maybe it's OK.

Fed planner and anyone else interested in this restaurant: It is way east of downtown, I didn't realize that until I looked on a map. I would think twice about going late at night.

just a note to all you Houstonians...

BOMBAY BRASSERIE in the galleria is really good for double dipping per se..

You can use your Entertainment Card there (you buy one entree, get the second FREE)

AND they never stamp your card so you can go back as much as you want!!

AND they participate in idine.... I love eating there.. Probably one of the better indian restaurants in houston...

and no, i do not own the restaurant

Any $20 Idine restaurants in Houston?

I'll keep that in mind about Bombay Brasserie.

For a true Double Dipping dining experience, visit a restaurant that participates in both idine AND the Entertainment book.

hockeystl

I have discovered (by accident) that when you check the idine.com website, it states that you earn "XX miles, ONCE PER MONTH up to $600". However, if you create a dining profile and log onto your account, the SAME restaurant will tell you that you earn "XX miles ON UNLIMITED VISITS PER MONTH up to $600"! http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

This was confirmed by a call to the customer service number. They said it is something new (in the last few weeks), so people will check the website. They also said that they will no longer send out directories.

According to the new book, you need to do a profile in order to get repeat usuage miles. I don't know how it impacts double miles. I was very surprised to see this.
Ms.DtG

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Here are some 20 miles/$ and most with unlimited visits in the West Hollywood, CA area - some of these are quite decent:

Cyrano
West Hollywood, Sunset Plaza, N of Beverly
8840 Beverly Blvd
West Hollywood
(310) 271-4193
Earn 20 miles/$, All Day, Everyday
Dining rewards available on unlimited dining visits to this restaurant each month.

Gate, The
West Hollywood, Sunset Plaza, N of Beverly
643 N La Cienega Blvd
Los Angeles
(310) 289-8808
Earn 20 miles/$, All Day, Everyday
Dining rewards available on unlimited dining visits to this restaurant each month.

Key Club
9039 W. Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood
(310) 451-7111
Earn 20 miles/$, All Day, Everyday
Dining rewards available on your first visit to this restaurant each month.

Sky Sushi
West Hollywood, Sunset Plaza, N of Beverly
7901 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles
(323) 650-1916
Earn 20 miles/$, All Day, Everyday
Dining rewards available on unlimited dining visits to this restaurant each month.

Sunset Fever
West Hollywood, Sunset Plaza, N of Beverly
9161 Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood
(310) 274-9428
Earn 20 miles/$, All Day, Everyday
Dining rewards available on unlimited dining visits to this restaurant each month.

Tempest Supper Club
West Hollywood, Sunset Plaza, N of Beverly
7323 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood
(323) 850-5115
Earn 20 miles/$, All Day, Everyday
Dining rewards available on unlimited dining visits to this restaurant each month.

Tommy Tang's
West Hollywood, Sunset Plaza, N of Beverly
7313 Melrose Av
Los Angeles
(323) 937-5733
Earn 20 miles/$, All Day, Everyday
Dining rewards available on unlimited dining visits to this restaurant each month.

I love Indian food and I've found Bombay Brasserie to be a huge disappointment. The best Indian food in Houston is at India's (Richmond & Chimney Rock) and Shiva's (Times & Kelvin in the village). My girlfriend and I have tried everywhere and nobody can beat them. We've also taken many friends there and they're always just as satisfied.

Shiva offers 10 miles/$ though iDine, but India's does not participate. The Entertainment Book contains buy one get one free at India's and both restaurants offer 20% discounts through Gusto Rewards, which you can get if you subscribe to the Houston Chronicle (http://webadv.chron.com/ads/ads_g/gustocard/index.html). Gusto Rewards + iDine at Shiva's is a worthwhile double dip.

P.S. No Houston restaurants currently offer more than 10 miles/$.

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Author of MileTracker (miletracker.com).

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I did a quick search on SF Bay
Area - not much:

Field Of San Francisco
SF - North Beach & Fisherman's Wharf
524 Union St
San Francisco
(415) 433-7676

Glass Kat
SF - South of Market
520 4th St
San Francisco
(415) 957-9318

Limelight Restaurant
Peninsula
228 Castro St
Mountainview
(650) 903-4830

Siam Square
SF - Russian Hill, Marina, Pacific Heights
2414 Lombard St
San Francisco
(415) 775-396

Storyville
SF - Sunset, Richmond
1751 Fulton St
San Francisco
(415) 441-1751

Mas Sake Free Style Sushi
Peninsula
260 S California Ave
Palo Alto
(650) 321-1556

La Plaza Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
East Bay, Contra Costa County
2370 Buchannon Rd
Antioch
(925) 754-6556

For those doing the cash back, do you get a credit on your account, or do you get a check in the mail?

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Ms.DtG

20 Miles Per Places:

Dallas:
Kalchandji's--If you like Indian vegetarian, then this is a great place. I beg to differ from the previous poster. Probably the only downside is that it is too cheap to rack up serious miles.

Boston:
Amici's in the North End. I saw this today and will try out tomm. If it is good I will file a report here.

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Anyone know any good restaurant belong to Idine in Downtown DC, Atlanta GA, and Arlington VA area. Going to visit those area in June and July.

Thanks
Lee

Yes, you can earn 10 miles/dollar. Some restaurants have a cap though. I've gotten 10/per a number of times.

I ate at six idine places in DC just recently. They were good to excellent. All were 10 miles/$. You can look these up on the idine website:

Thai Tanic Restaurant (downtown) -- this place was fantastic. Subtle and complex spicing.

Aroma Indian Restaurant (downtown) -- had a great lunch buffet for about $10 plus drinks plus tax.

Chadwick's (Georgetown) -- a wood-paneled neighborhood bar and grill; good food and very friendly service.

Bistro Med (Georgetown) -- a Mediterranean (Turkish) place that has a good lunch buffet also about $10.

Thai Kitchen (downtown) -- food not as good as Thai Tanic, but generous portions and friendly service.

Art Gallery Grille (downtown) -- a casual place with sidewalk seating. Food was good but not outstanding. The people-watching was great.

ALWAYS double-check the listings to make sure a place is still in the idine program, and what days of the week they award points. Restaurants come and go frequently and some of them don't award points on weekends.


Kathy

Kathy,

Thank you so much for the information. It really help when you in the new place.

Lee

markpedal, Welcome to FT!!! I think you misunderstood me. Many, if not most of us here, are pretty familiar with idine and the standard 10 miles/1$ (and other smaller amounts of miles/1$). But the purpose of my post was to hopefully inform others of the 20 miles/1$, but to be cautious as the DL idine site still only has the max at 10 miles/1$.

I hope that helps.

cheers,

Chobby100

For you Chicago Northsiders...

Bolat African Cusine at 3346 N Clark - Clark & Roscoe. 20mi/$

I ate there last night, got carryout. The food was really good, my first time trying goat!

You can also use your Entertainment card in iDine restaurants - 2-for-1 dinners and miles too!

I found a few restaurants that fit this possibility on my upcoming trip to Kona; has anyone eaten at Michaelangelo's?

Jace-thanks for you post. Am planning on going there tomorrow after a play with my daughter for mother's day. We love Ethiopian food, also several in Wrigleyville. Unfortunately oue favorite left the program (Addis Ababa). It killed me to spend $80 there last month and not get miles. Have you been to the other two? They are only 10 miles per $1 at this time!

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Ms.DtG

Unfortunately Bolat is closed on Sundays - even though it shows open at the IDine Web. So we ate at Mama Desta's instead - only 10 miles but the food was good (Ethiopian).
Now open on Sundays - and the food was great!

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Ms.DtG

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I'm quite happy after setting up my online iDine profile. As mentioned before, there are increase earning opportunities. Also, it makes it easier to view listings and add/delete cards. I now am getting e-mails to confirm that my miles have posted after visits to participating restaurants.

dgordon,

What I like to do in order not to lose my 20% discount yet still earn my 500 bonus miles each month is ask the waiter to put a small amount of the bill, say $10 or $20 dollars on my IDine mileage award card and the rest on my IDine card that yields me the 20% savings. It's kind of like having your cake and eating it too. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Went here the other night. The setting was more like a bar/lounge than a restaurant but the food was great. Recommend the oyster shooters and the lobster roll.

My total bills aren't that much usually. Since not every place takes Diner's Club, it might be an easy division - use DC where they take it and get 20% and use AMEX or Visa/MC where they don't.

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Ms.DtG

How would one find on the website whether a restaurant offers 10 points/$1 or 20 ?

Well, all this discussion finally prompted me to sign up. Also noticed that a place I'm often at for lunch has signed on (the first one I go to with regularity to be a part of this).

I can't see geting a lot of miles under my patterns, but this looks useful for topping up "orphan" miles in 2 or 3 of my accounts to levels that could get something like a Hawaii interisland award.

(BTW I used to use orphan miles for mag subscriptions, but with sites like Bestdealmagazines offering $3 and $4 subscriptions, that's gone a bit by the board).

Just log onto aa.idine.com (join and create an online profile if you haven't already done so) and do a search of the area you want. You will then see the kind of miles offered (like the example below):

Alex
6703 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles
(323) 933-5233

European

Earn 5 miles/$, All Day

Bamboo House
4852 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles
(323) 668-2437

Thai

Earn 10 miles/$, All Day, Everyday

Dining rewards available on your first visit to this restaurant each month.

Banquette
400 S Main St #202
Los Angeles
(213) 626-2196

Californian

Earn 20 miles/$, All Day, Everyday

Dining rewards available on unlimited dining visits to this restaurant each month.

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I would. I eat lunch at the pier most weekdays. Walk by CK's on the way to parking garage (validated, of course).

~BK

chobby100
what's the place in Cambridge, MA that earned you the 20/per?

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gifMM

MM,
It's the ALL ASIA CAFE on Mass Ave. Notice on page 1 of this thread that entropy said it is supposed to be "gross".
Me and Ms. Chobby100 went there on a Friday night and there was some sort of open night comedy thing going on with maybe 5 people there. It looks a bit like a run down bar, not an asian restaurant. The menu was not the same as the one online. I can easily believe that the food is gross. We didn't stay to eat.

thx. Some places are bad. Hence, the idine bar hop meathod, which I tend to use for things like promos or fast needed miles.

The NWA FFF promo will consist of several Irish bars in a single area in the city, for example. Prob finish it off in one day with me wife.
thanks! (but 20 miles per is still good, even if you have to endure! ha ha ha)

I get the emails from iDine and they aren't that intrusive. Maybe once a quarter they send a list of some of the restaurants in your area and they send a confirming email every time you dine at an iDine location with the number of points earned. Let's you know you're getting the points.