First Dibs Club
Restaurant cancellation club: give members first access to last-minute tables, newly released dates, counter seats and extra sittings, creating a valuable VIP benefit without relying on discounts.
Restaurant
Free membership
Content
Paid membership
What’s included
Offer 1 Type
Cancellation alerts
Members hear first when desirable tables become available at short notice.
Offer 2 Type
New dates first
Selected new booking dates open to members before public release.
Offer 3 Type
Extra sitting alerts
Members are told first when an extra service or sitting is added.
Offer 4 Type
Counter-seat alerts
One- and two-seat counter availability can be broadcast straight to members.
The idea
Give your keenest guests a head start when something good suddenly becomes available. First Dibs Club turns that opportunity into a named group people can actually belong to. Start with cancellation alerts and new dates first, then use extra sitting alerts to make membership feel a little more privileged. The result is a focused way to fill cancellations / reward demand without turning the whole venue into a discount scheme. Busy restaurants where cancellations and short-notice tables are genuinely valuable.
How it works
Set the club up in Flub and invite guests to join through a QR code or link. Members get their own membership page, where you can bring together offers, benefits and simple member-only perks, plus a digital membership card they can keep in their Apple or Google Wallet. In the venue, members can check in whether they’re redeeming something or not. When there is an offer to use, redemption is simple and controlled, so staff can handle it without complicated processes or new systems to learn. The club doesn’t have to stay the same either. Add new perks, change offers, try something seasonal or reshape the whole proposition as you learn what works. You can even run multiple clubs for the same brand, giving you room to experiment with different audiences, ideas and reasons to join. And whenever you want to reach members, you can broadcast through push notifications, SMS or email — to the whole club or to specific groups of people. That might be an offer, an announcement, an event, a last-minute table or simply a message you want your members to see.
Best for
Busy restaurants where cancellations and short-notice tables are genuinely valuable.
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