{
  "id": 450600,
  "title": "How credit card issuers and reservation apps like OpenTable and Amex-owned Resy fragment restaurant reservations, wiring the best tables into premium card perks (Wall Street Journal)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/how-credit-card-issuers-and-reservation-apps-like-opentable-and-amex",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-10T07:50:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/business/restaurant-reservation-apps-30a29e6b?st=WCgfvE&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After a flurry of deals, new apps, membership clubs and other middlemen are fighting over access to high-spending customers and the eateries they love",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}