MileagePlus Dining: earn 0.5–5 miles per $1 at 22,377 restaurants

Earn United MileagePlus miles at participating restaurants when you pay with a credit or debit card linked to MileagePlus Dining; up to 5 miles per $1 depending on membership level.

Join MileagePlus Dining See all 1,413 in New York

Restaurants: 22,377
Cities: 3494
Top tier: 0.5–5 miles per $1; VIP
Monthly cap: None listed

How MileagePlus Dining works, in 4 steps

Join for free with your MileagePlus number.
Link a credit or debit card.
Dine at a participating restaurant and pay with a linked card.
Miles post to your account; the amount depends on your membership level.

3 tiers, from 0.5 miles per $1 to 0.5–5 miles per $1

Tier	Earn	How to qualify
BasicWhere you startJoin and link a card; opt out of program emails (1 mile per $2)	0.5 miles per $1	Join and link a card; opt out of program emails (1 mile per $2)
SelectOpt in to program emails	3 miles per $1	Opt in to program emails
VIPAfter 11 qualified dines in a calendar year (the 12th earns at VIP), while opted in to program emails	5 miles per $1	After 11 qualified dines in a calendar year (the 12th earns at VIP), while opted in to program emails

The 5 best cards to link to MileagePlus Dining

What a $100 dinner earns with each card linked, at the Basic tier: the card's own rate plus the program's. Dollar values are estimates at our valuations.

American Express Gold Card$325 annual fee≈$6.606.6%4x Membership Rewards points≈$6.00+50 MileagePlus miles≈$0.60≈$6.606.6%
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card$95 annual fee≈$6.006%3x Chase Ultimate Rewards points≈$5.40+50 MileagePlus miles≈$0.60≈$6.006%
Chase Sapphire Reserve$795 annual fee≈$6.006%3x Chase Ultimate Rewards points≈$5.40+50 MileagePlus miles≈$0.60≈$6.006%
Citi Strata Premier Card$95 annual fee≈$5.405.4%3x Citi ThankYou Points≈$4.80+50 MileagePlus miles≈$0.60≈$5.405.4%
Wells Fargo Autograph Journey Visa Credit Card$95 annual fee≈$4.954.9%3x Wells Fargo Rewards points≈$4.35+50 MileagePlus miles≈$0.60≈$4.954.9%

One Rewards Network program per card. A card linked to MileagePlus Dining can't also earn TrueBlue Dining, Eat Around Town, AAdvantage Dining, SkyMiles Dining, Rapid Rewards Dining, Hilton Honors Dining, IHG Dine & Earn, Dine Out with Wyndham, Atmos Rewards Dining, or Rakuten Dining, so put your best dining card on the program whose currency you value most and link your other cards elsewhere.

8 restaurants that take MileagePlus Dining

Hercules Churrasqueria Bar & Restaurant of Bay Shore
up to12%
Latin · $$$ · Suffolk
American Express Gold Card + Upside
MileagePlus Dining5xHilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+9 more
(h)ours at Manifest - 3rd Street
up to20%
American · $ · Union Market
American Express Gold Card + inKind
Resy creditMileagePlus Dining5xinKind20%+9 more
&Bake Cafe By Take Ur Seat Too
up to12%
Dessert/Bakery · $$ · Rancho Cucamonga
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
MileagePlus Dining5xHilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+8 more
&Pizza
up to12%
Pizza · $$ · Bergen
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
MileagePlus Dining5xHilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+9 more
#1 AYCE Sushi
up to12%
$ · Peoria Crossing
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Resy creditMileagePlus Dining5xHilton Honors Dining8x+11 more
#VYBE
up to12%
Bar/Club/Lounge · Golden Triangle
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
MileagePlus Dining5xHilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+9 more
1 + 1 Hibachi Express
up to12%
Japanese · $$ · Neabsco
American Express Gold Card + Upside
MileagePlus Dining5xHilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more
100 Montaditos
up to12%
Tapas/Small Plates · $$ · Doral
American Express Gold Card + Upside
MileagePlus Dining5xHilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more

4 terms to know

A card can be linked to only one Rewards Network dining program at a time; linking it to another program removes it from this one.
Up to twelve cards can be linked.
The program sets no overall limit on what a member can earn; each restaurant sets its own limits, shown on its page.
VIP earn applies to every card you link to your account.

1 source, verified Oct 9, 2026

Verified against the program's published terms on Oct 9, 2026.

Program terms source

4 questions, answered

How much does MileagePlus Dining earn?

New members earn 0.5 miles per $1 at the Basic tier. Select earns 3 miles per $1 (opt in to program emails); VIP earns 5 miles per $1 (after 11 qualified dines in a calendar year (the 12th earns at vip), while opted in to program emails).

Does MileagePlus Dining stack with my credit card's rewards?

Yes. MileagePlus Dining pays MileagePlus miles on top of whatever your card earns at the restaurant. With the American Express Gold Card linked, a $100 dinner earns $6.00 from the card and $0.60 from MileagePlus Dining: about $6.60 together at our valuations.

Can I link a card to MileagePlus Dining and another Rewards Network program?

No. A card can be linked to only one Rewards Network program at a time, so a card in MileagePlus Dining can't also earn TrueBlue Dining, Eat Around Town, AAdvantage Dining, SkyMiles Dining, Rapid Rewards Dining, Hilton Honors Dining, IHG Dine & Earn, Dine Out with Wyndham, Atmos Rewards Dining, or Rakuten Dining. Link different cards to different programs.

Where can I use MileagePlus Dining?

At 22,377 participating restaurants we list across 3,494 cities, the most in New York (1,413). Restaurants join and leave programs, so check the program's own listing before you go.

Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright