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Americans spend up to 50% of their food dollar outside the home, and that can put a real bite in anyone’s budget.  Get the best restaurant coupons and savings tricks from the Coupon Mom, Stephanie Nelson at www.couponmom.com.  
 

1. Use restaurant rebate programs, which are automatic and do not require a coupon.  The Upromise program provides cash back rebates at participating restaurants, including tax and tip.  You can get your rebates in cash or college savings earnings (via Upromise) or in airline miles (your choice of 9 different airlines).  You need to use a registered credit card to earn the rebates (you can register up to 5 cards per account).

• Your earnings are automatically tracked with a registered credit card, so you do not need to use a coupon or tell the server that you have a discount. 
  

2. Use restaurant reservation services to earn free meals and get discounts automatically without having to use a coupon.  Services like www.opentable.com  reward diners with free points when they make reservations through their sites.  Points can be redeemed for free restaurant gift certificates. 

3. Get free restaurant gift certificates using United Airlines miles.  You can get one $25 restaurant.com gift certificate with 1,000 United miles or a $100 gift certificate with 2,500 United miles.  Go to United’s website to learn more at www.united.com/diningcertificates .   If you don’t have United miles, you can earn them when you buy groceries at participating Safeway chains through www.grocerymiles.com.  The average family’s grocery spending would earn four free $25 restaurant certificates a year. 

• You can also buy restaurant.com certificates at a discount with a special coupon code for Coupon Mom site users.  Diners typically pay $10 for a $25 restaurant.com gift certificate.  However, Coupon Mom site users can use a special link to Restaurant.Com to save 40%,  paying only $6 for the $25 certificate.  
   

• Certificates are limited to participating restaurants, and inventories are limited.  Shop early in the month to get the best selection.  The most popular certificates sell out quickly, and will say “Sorry, no certificates available” once they are sold out.  The trick to getting certificates for your favorite restaurants is to visit the site on the first day of the month when certificate inventory is restocked.  Once certificates are printed, they are good for one year.

4. Get an Entertainment book for your city.   Each book has hundreds of coupons for fast food, casual and upscale restaurants.  Typical offers are “buy one, get one free” and savings can be as high as $25 per coupon.  The book’s coupons last from August through the following October (15 months) and each book costs between $25 to $35 plus $5 shipping. 
   

5. Get free coupons for your favorite restaurants:

• Go to restaurant websites to get free coupons.  Most restaurants have their own websites and many of them have email newsletters that send out generous coupons.  
   

• Check the Sunday grocery coupon circulars for restaurant coupons.
   

• Check the coupon packets mailed to your home for restaurant coupons.