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Q. What is iDine®?
A. iDine is a program that allows members to earn cash back from their dining bills (tax and tip included) at thousands of participating restaurants, bars and clubs. It's easy-to-use and totally discreet, and members can earn benefits coast-to-coast.
Q. How can I participate?
A. iDine is a free program that allows its members to earn up to 15% in cash back benefits when they dine at participating restaurants, bars and clubs. The more a member dines on the program within a year of enrolling, the higher the level of earning. Level One allows a member to earn 5% back per dine. Level Two allows for 10% back per dine. Level Three allows for 15% back per dine.
Q. How can I move up from one level to the next?
A. Once a member spends his or her first $250 dining on the program, he or she will go from Level One (5%) to Level Two (10%). Then after another $500 is spent on the program, he or she goes from Level Two (10%) to Level Three (15%). All required spend amounts must take place before the end of the anniversary month of the member's enrollment, at which point the membership level is reset at Level One (5%). (For example, if the member joined on March 15, 2011, that member would have until March 31, 2012 to spend his or her way to higher levels and earn cash back benefits at those levels.)
Q. How are the benefits earned?
A. After a member dines, he or she must complete a brief online survey. At that point, the percentage of the bill indicated by his or her level of membership is allowed to build. Once the benefit total builds to at least $20, the member earns the benefits, and they will be mailed in the form of a check. Checks are mailed on or around the 6th of each month and will include the $20 plus any additional benefits earned before the check is sent.
Q. How do I enroll?
A. Enroll online by completing our secure enrollment form. This includes registering your credit and debit cards and creating an iDine Login ID and Password. If you prefer, you can also enroll over the phone by contacting iDine Member Services. Only when you log in with your iDine Login ID and Password will you be able to see the benefit percentage available to you at participating locations.
Q. What information do I need to provide when I enroll?
A. When you enroll by phone or online, you need to provide your name, address, email address, phone number and a credit or debit card number. To complete enrollment online, you must set up your account, which includes creating an iDine Login ID and Password. In order to be eligible to earn benefits you will need to opt in to receive occasional marketing emails from iDine. Opting out will result in the inability to earn benefits on the program.
Q. Why do I have to register a credit/debit card with iDine?
A. Our processing technology tracks the use of your registered credit and debit cards when you use them at participating restaurants, bars and clubs. In short, your card is how we keep track of your dining activity so that you can build your benefits. Please note that iDine will not charge your credit card without your permission. You may review our Privacy Policy here.
Q. How do I register additional credit/debit cards?
A. You can add or change credit and debit cards, and update any of your other personal membership information, by visiting your "My Account Center" page located on the Web site or by calling Member Services. You can register up to 5 credit/debit cards in total.
Q. How quickly will dines be recorded?
A. You should receive an email confirming your dine and associated benefit total within a few days of your paying your bill. However, the 30-day window for completing your online survey begins from the date of the dine, not from the date of your receipt of the confirmation email.
Q. Will iDine always process my dines in the order in which they occur?
A. Different restaurants, bars and clubs may process dining activity that occurs at their location at different speeds, so if you visit multiple participating locations within a short period of time, iDine may receive records of them in a different order from the chronological order in which you dined. For example, you may dine for lunch and dinner on the same day. If the restaurant where you had dinner processes its tickets more quickly, we may receive a record of your dinner dine before your lunch dine.
Q. What does it mean that the benefit is "not earned"?
A. In order to earn benefits, you must dine on the program during a time when the establishment is offering benefits, complete your post-dine survey within 30 days of the dine and build enough benefits to reach at least $20. If the 30-day survey window to complete a survey expires, that benefit can no longer be earned and will be categorized on your Account Center as "Not Earned." Built benefits will also expire if you do not dine on the program for a year or more. Any built benefits in such a case will also be categorized as "Not Earned."
Q. Why do I need to create a Login ID and Password?
A. Creating an iDine Login ID and Password allows you to log in to our Web site. You must be logged in to see details about when benefits are available and the benefit % you are eligible to earn at all participating dining spots. When you log in, you can also access your personalized and secure "My Account Center" to do the following:
• Track the status of your benefits
• Update and change your street address, since mailed checks are how you will receive your earned benefits
• Update and change your other membership information online (name, credit/debit card information, email address, etc)
• Write and view post-dine surveys, which is an important requirement for building your benefits
• Fast-track your search for restaurants, bars and clubs in select locales
• View the latest updates on new dining spots and bonus offers
• Create and access a list of personal favorite restaurants, bars and clubs
Q. When I join, am I automatically eligible to build benefits?
A. Yes. Completing the easy online enrollment form (and opting in to receive our occasional marketing emails) will entitle you to build benefits in iDine's program.
Q. Do I need to write a review each time I complete a survey in order to build my benefits?
A. No, you are only required to complete the rating questions for each survey in order to build your benefits. Reviews and personal comments are optional, but they're useful to your fellow members as well as to program restaurants, bars and clubs, so they're highly encouraged.
Q. The Rewards Calendar on the restaurant details pages shows my current rate continuing beyond the end of my anniversary month. Is this correct?
A. The benefits percentage displayed by the Rewards Calendar is always accurate as of the day you view the Web site and in most cases for future dates, except if the future dates are beyond the end of your anniversary month . In those cases your new percentage MAY not be CORRECTLY displayed, therefore please check with Member Services if you are looking at future dates on the Web that are beyond the end of your anniversary month.
Q. Do I need to let the restaurant know I'm a member of iDine?
A. No. iDine is the totally discreet way to earn benefits:
• No ID card to present
• No special coupon to redeem
• No membership number to remember
• No one knows you're using the iDine program
Q. I dined at a program location that left the program before I received or completed my survey. Will I still be able to build my benefits?
A. Yes. If the location was enrolled in the program at the time of your dine, you will receive a survey regardless of the location's continued participation. Completing the survey will build your benefits as normal, and your positive review may encourage the location to rejoin.
Q. What are the definitions of these Benefit Status terms: "Complete Your Survey," "Building to a Check," "Check Issued," "Not Earned"?
A. Complete Your Survey. You have dined at a program restaurant, bar or club. Now complete your online survey within 30 days. You'll let other iDiners know what you thought and complete the next step toward earning your benefits.
Building to a Check. Once your benefits add up to at least $20, we'll send you a check for the full amount. NOTE: If you have already reached $20 since your last check was issued, these benefits will be in the next round of checks, which we mail once a month.
Check Issued. You've reached at least $20, and your check has been mailed to the street address we have on file for you. The check will arrive a week or two from the date listed.
Not Earned. These benefits can no longer be earned, either because you have not completed a survey within 30 days of dining or because you have not visited a program location on the iDine program for a year or more.
Q. In the Account Snapshot, what do the terms "Spend Since Anniversary" and "Benefits Building to a Check" refer to?
A. Spend Since Anniversary. The total amount you've spent dining at program places since your last anniversary. Your ability to move from one level of benefits to the next is based on the amount you spend on the program over the course of a year from your joining. For details, see the Membership Chart.
Benefits Build to a Check. The total amount of benefits you have building to a check (based on dines where you have completed a survey and cumulative benefits are either less than $20 or have reached $20 and are waiting to be released in the next iDine check payment).
Q. Is iDine.com a secure Web site?
A. Yes. When you register your credit card or access your account information, you are accessing our secure server. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information you input before it is sent to us. Additionally, all of the customer data we collect is protected against unauthorized access.
Q. The "Search" function does not seem to be working. Does the site require a special browser or plugin?
A. iDine uses JavaScript software to quickly display search results. JavaScript is designed to work with most current browsers. You may have configured your browser, anti-popup or anti-virus software to block JavaScript. Consult the help section of your browser for instructions on how to enable JavaScript.
Q. How do I know if I've opted in to receive emails?
A. Login to your Profile and Subscription Center and check to see that the checkbox in the lower left hand corner of the Email Subscription section is unchecked. If it is not, validate your email address, uncheck the box and click Update.
Q. What type of emails will I be receiving, and how often will they come?
A. Approximately once a week, you will receive promotional emails from iDine that confirm your status in the program, inform you of member favorite restaurants, notify you of restaurants that have entered or left the program and introduce you to special dining bonuses. You may also receive administrative emails, such as benefit confirmations. Note that you must be opted in for marketing emails in order to receive benefits.
Q. How do I ensure delivery of iDine emails?
A. Make sure you've provided a working, deliverable email address in your Profile and Subscription Center and verify that the checkbox in the Email Subscription section is unchecked. Also, to ensure delivery of our messages to your inbox, you can add our address [info@idine.com] to your Address Book or Safe Senders List. Finally, make sure your inbox isn't full, and that it's capable of receiving new messages.
Q. How do I change my email subscription status?
A. You can opt in and opt out of promotional email communication by visiting your Profile and Subscription Center. In the Email Subscription section, you can click on the checkbox to opt out of promotional emails, or unclick it to opt in. After making your choice, simply click on the "Update" button. You will then receive a confirmation email from us that will let you know that your account information has been updated. Please note that you can quickly get to your Profile and Subscription Center by clicking on the "unsubscribe" or "modify your email profile" link at the bottom of our emails. Keep in mind that opting out of emails will make you ineligible to build or earn benefits.
Q. Will I still receive emails if I opt out?
A. If you opt out of promotional emails, iDine may still send you emails that are administrative in nature. In addition, we may send you service-related announcements about updates to our Privacy Policy or Terms and Conditions, changes to our Program, and other administrative information we feel Members should know.
Q. I opted out from receiving promotional emails. Why am I still receiving them?
A. Please note that our systems require time to update, so it may take up to 10 days before your account fully reflects your preference.
Q. What happens to my benefit level if I opt out of emails?
A. You will not be eligible to build or earn benefits while you are opted out of emails.
Q. I've opted in for emails. Why am I marked as having opted out?
A. Your email address may have become undeliverable, or you may have marked an email sent by iDine as "spam."
Q. What happens if my email address becomes undeliverable?
A. If after multiple attempts over many days we are unable to deliver emails to you, we will mark your email address as undeliverable. At that point, you will need to provide us with a new, valid email address if you want to receive emails and once again build and earn benefits.
Q. What happens if I mark or report an iDine email as spam?
A. If your mark an iDine email as spam, we will no longer send any emails to your email address, and you will lose your ability to build and earn benefits.
Q. What do I do if I marked an email as spam accidentally?
A. Once you have marked an iDine email as spam, the only way to change your email status is to provide us with a new email address and opt in to receive email communications at that new email address.
Q. How can I choose between receiving HTML or Text-Only emails?
A. To choose between HTML and Text-Only emails, simply go to your Profile and Subscription Center and modify your email format preference.
Q. What if I change my mind about the program I'm on and want to switch?
A. You can easily switch to any other Rewards Network program by calling Member Services at 877.491.3463.
Q. How do I use the RN Dining iPhone, BlackBerry or Android smartphone app?
A. Visit the RN Mobile Dining page to find out about the instructions, technical requirements and features of taking your iDine membership wherever you go.
Q. The Account Center shows a check has been issued to me, but the address on my iDine account is not accurate. Will I still receive my benefits?
A. If the check we mail you is returned to us, it will be voided and destroyed. Those benefits will be added back to your account and will be combined with any subsequent benefits the next time checks are issued. Be sure to update your mailing address before then!
Q. On the Benefits History tab it indicates that a check was issued to me, however I have not received it in several weeks. How do I check into this and receive my check?
A. If a check is due to you, however it has not been received in several weeks, please call Member Services at 877.491.3463. Member Services can use reasonable efforts to void the missing check. If the check is voided, the benefits from that check will be added back to your account and will be combined with any subsequent benefits the next time checks are issued. If the missing check is received after it was confirmed missing, please destroy the voided check or return to iDine.
Q. I received a check in the mail from iDine. Why have I received it?
A. You received a check in the mail because your benefits have built up to at least $20. You've earned those benefits, and the check covers the total you had earned by the time the check was sent. Congratulations!
Q. I am no longer a member of the iDine program, but I have benefits building to $20. What options to I have to claim them?
A. If you terminate your membership, any benefits yet to be earned are forfeited and no longer available to you.
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