Use Alaska Mileage Plan Dining to earn bonus miles at participating restaurants

20.05.2024 - 21:23 / thepointsguy.com

Dining rewards programs are among the easiest ways to earn miles, and one popular program is Alaska Mileage Plan Dining. You can earn Alaska miles when you dine with a linked card at participating restaurants.

All you have to do is join and register at least one debit or credit card to watch the miles stack up as you dine at participating restaurants. You'll even qualify for bonus miles on your first purchase and increase your earning rate when you dine out frequently. Here's everything you need to know about the Alaska Mileage Plan Dining program.

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It's easy to join Mileage Plan Dining. To sign up, you'll need to provide your name, ZIP code, email address and Mileage Plan number.

While promotional emails are often pesky, we recommend agreeing to email communications. Doing so means you'll earn 3 miles for every $1 spent instead of the standard 1 mile for every $2 spent.

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Earning miles with Alaska's dining program is as simple as signing up, registering a credit or debit card to your account and paying for meals at participating restaurants with an enrolled card.

Once you enroll a card in a dining rewards program, the program tracks your purchases with that card at participating restaurants. So, if you enroll multiple cards in Alaska Mileage Plan Dining, you'll earn Alaska miles when you make a qualifying purchase using any of your enrolled cards. You can search for participating restaurants by name, cuisine type or location.

After you dine at a Mileage Plan Dining restaurant and pay with a linked card, you'll usually get an email notification from Mileage Plan Dining. This email lets you know your purchase has earned miles and includes an invitation to submit a review.

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Alaska Mileage Plan Dining has three membership tiers, earning between 0.5 and 5 Alaska miles per dollar spent:

As mentioned, you can upgrade from the Basic membership to the Select membership by opting in to email notifications. You can do this during the sign-up process or at any other time. As a Select member, you'll not only earn more Alaska miles but also receive opportunities to earn bonus miles and get advance notice of promotions.

Becoming a VIP member requires opting in to receive email notifications and completing 11 qualified dines in a calendar year. On your 12th dine, you'll begin earning 5 miles per dollar spent and qualify for bonus opportunities until the end of the next calendar year.

It's also worth noting that you can join every airline- and hotel-affiliated dining reward program. However, they're all part of the same