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Bilt Rewards has added TAP Air Portugal Miles&Go as a 1:1 points transfer partner, and Accor’s ALL – Accor Live Limitless as a 3:2 points transfer partner. Both partnerships are now live.
They say they’re a $105 million company, while Citi is $108 billion and Amex $175 billion, so profit! In the future, they say, they want to add airline and hotel partnerships too as well as a second premium credit card and a small business card aimed at gun manufacturers.
Several months ago Hilton became a Bilt Rewards transfer partner and you shouldn’t care (don’t ever transfer Bilt points to Hilton at 1:1), except that this means from time to time they’ll make really cool offers for Bilt’s monthly Rent Day. And that day has come.
Barclays just isn’t big enough to bid effectively for the whole American AAdvantage card portfolio. Citibank had the chance to take the whole thing, and also to offer points transfers to AAdvantage as part of its ThankYou-brand card product suite. But they balked at the price. Ultimately American got the biggest deal possible by leaving two card issuers in place. That could change.
Everyone knows you’re not supposed to care what your credit card looks like, it’s the rewards that matter! Except that part of being human is that the look and feel of people, places and things matters quite a lot. So it appeals to us in ways we’re not quite comfortable admitting.
The new Rove Card promises transferable points earned at a fast rate, and to make it easier than ever before to redeem award trips.
September 1 Rent Day is a milestone. It’s the last one where you can earn double points on the Bilt Mastercard up to 10,000 points. It’s also the last one where tax payments will count towards the bonus. Starting with October 1 Rent Day the bonus will be capped at 1,000 additional points, and tax payments don’t count.
I’ve found Rent Day to be highly lucrative, and I’ve often maxed out this bonus.
Bilt Rewards now offers points for Walgreens spending, regardless of what credit card you use to pay. So this is on top of your normal credit card rewards.
Yesterday I covered changes being considered for United Clubs and for United’s premium credit card. Chase, which issues United cards, is also surveying changes to Southwest’s credit card portfolio at least in part as a result of the planned move to assigned seating.
Hawaiian’s own program isn’t great overall, but offers pretty good award availability on its own flights and uniquely two levels of upgrade inventory so that being willing to spend extra miles means that more often than not it’s possible to confirm an upgrade.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
