An easy way to earn some miles and points is through airline & hotel dining programs (if you can find participating restaurants that you’d like to dine at).

Here is a quick description of how these programs work– sign up, link some of your credit cards, dine at participating restaurants and earn around 3-5 miles per dollar spent.

The programs usually offer a sign-up bonus of around 1,000 miles/points but for a limited time MileagePlus Dining is giving you the chance to sign up and earn up to 3,000 bonus miles.

A 3,000 mile sign-up offer was available last year from MileagePlus Dining but it was quite a bit easier to earn than this new offer.

Here is the current 3,000 bonus miles sign-up offer:

• Earn 500 miles just for signing up & completing an online profile
• Earn an additional 500 bonus miles each time you dine out within the next month, up to 5 times

With this new offer you actually earn 500 miles for signing up and up to 2,500 miles for dining out.

Registration is open until July 10, 2014

Bonus Details (from MileagePlus Dining):

This bonus offer is only open to new MileagePlus Dining^SM members without a dining profile at the time of registration. A dining profile includes creating a web login and opting in and remaining opted in to receive emails from MileagePlus Dining with a valid, deliverable email address. To earn the first 500 bonus miles for this bonus offer, you must complete registration by creating a dining profile and registering at least one payment card in your dining account. Members are eligible to earn the initial registration 500 bonus miles only one time for a maximum of 500 bonus miles. Registration must originate through one of the links on this page by July 10, 2014. You must also continue to satisfy other Online and/or VIP Member level criteria to earn this bonus.

To earn the additional bonus miles for this bonus offer, you must dine out at any participating restaurant, bar or club within 30 days of registering for the bonus. You may dine up to five times and earn 500 bonus miles per dine with a maximum amount of 2,500 bonus miles for dining within 30 days of registration. Please note that dining activity that occurred prior to registration will not be eligible for this bonus. In addition, all qualified dines must occur during a valid reward period and be paid for with a credit or debit card registered in MileagePlus Dining.

If you’re not already enrolled in MileagePlus Dining and would like to sign up and earn up to 3,000 bonus miles, you can do so HERE.