Register Your Credit Cards, You Never Know

One of my 2013 goals was to register for travel promotions; regardless of the likelihood of my participation. Why? Because you never known when an unexpected flight or stay might pop-up. Better to register and not use than regret not registering.

That similar thinking should apply to credit cards. I recommend registering ALL of your credit cards and debit cards with programs like Dining Rewards. As previously written, Dining Rewards earns you points for eating out at participating restaurants.

Recently, I was reminded why registering all of your credit cards with Dining Rewards is smart. On my most recent trip to Connecticut, I decided to get dinner and drinks at Barcelona Wine Bar with friends. My visit was spontaneous.

So you can understand my surprise, when I got an email from Dining Rewards informing me I earned miles from my visits to Barcelona Wine Bar.

I earned 252 Miles. Score! I assume my "2" visits was from our visit to the bar and then the restaurant.

Either way, I am happy I registered my credit cards!

Do you have all of your credit & debit cards registered?
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Always Register Your Credit Cards

Dining Rewards is an amazing program. I have written about it extensively here and here.

The key to being successful in Dining Rewards is registering all of your credit or debit cards with the program. You never know when you might visit a Dining Reward's restaurant.

For instance, one of the items on my bucket list was to take my grandparents to dinner. I don't why this was important, but it was important for me to do. I think the significance of taking my grandparents out to dinner was that it was proof that I finally accomplished something. I could afford to take my grandparents out to dinner without eating Ramen the rest of the week.

Back to the reason for the post. My grandparents picked the restaurant and had no idea that I was going to pay for dinner. When the bill came, I paid it with my Chase Sapphire to earn 2 points per dollar spent on the bill.  I was expecting nothing more out of the dinner. So, you could understand my surprise when I received this email:

An extra 234 miles for only registering my credit card. Oh ya!

Conclusion:

Register all of your cards for dining rewards. If you don't, you could be leaving valuable miles/points on the table.

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