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Huge: Bilt Dining Now Offers 5x At Curated Restaurants (Earn 8X Or More Total)

by Gary Leff on April 19, 2023

Apr 19 2023

Bilt Rewards has introduced Bilt Dining where you’ll automatically earn 5 points per dollar spent at participating restaurants when you pay using any credit card that you’ve added to your Bilt Wallet in the Bilt Rewards mobile app.

You may be familiar with the dining programs of airlines and hotel programs, run through third party Rewards Network. This is a different program, being built from the ground up with restaurants that in many cases are quite good – that you’ll actually want to eat at – rather than just being financially-strapped restaurants that need Rewards Network funding.

Free Hyatt Mid-Tier Elite Status And Challenge For Top Tier Globalist – Open To All

by Gary Leff on March 28, 2023

Mar 28 2023

If you want Hyatt status, you normally have to earn it from scratch. They don’t offer the same kinds of shortcuts that Hilton and Marriott do. Except for the next 5 days. Hyatt is offering 90 days of free mid-tier Explorist status and a fast track to achieve Globalist through February 2025.

The Single Biggest Problem For Any Credit Card Issuer, And How To Solve It

by Gary Leff on March 27, 2023

Mar 27 2023

Banks are spending billions of dollars to gain access to customers, and to convince those customers to run their spend through the bank’s products. However this strategy is difficult.

It can be a more fruitful strategy to fish for customers in new ponds. And we’ve seen a lot of that. Chase used to see small portfolios and feel they wouldn’t move the needle enough. Now they’re doing DoorDash, Instacart, and Air Canada Aeroplan’s U.S. co-brand.

Earn Transferable Bilt Points When You Ride Lyft

by Gary Leff on March 8, 2023

Mar 08 2023

Bilt Rewards has introduced a new partnership with Lyft. All Bilt members can now earn 2 points per dollar spent with Lyft by linking their account. Bilt credit card members separately earn 5 points per dollar on Lyft spend. So you can earn 7 Bilt points per dollar spent with Lyft.

Bilt Targets 5x Earning To Lock In Customer Spend With Amazon, Food Delivery, And Cell Phone/Internet

by Gary Leff on February 22, 2023

Feb 22 2023

This is highly valuable to me personally. It makes the Bilt Mastercard the most lucrative card for Amazon spend (more valuable than the 5% back Amazon Visa because I value Bilt points at a minimum of 1.7 cents apiece) and the most lucrative for food delivery as well.

But I’m most interested in the strategy because of what these spending categories have in common.

TODAY ONLY: 100% Transfer Bonus To Hawaiian And Up To 6x Points Earning From Bilt Rewards

by Gary Leff on February 1, 2023

Feb 01 2023

For February 1 Bilt is offering their staple double points, up to 6 points per dollar spent, on their Bilt Mastercard. They’re also giving away free points and free tickets to Hawaii (plus paying rent for some program members). And they’re offering an unprecedented 100% transfer bonus to Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles, putting free tickets, upgrades, and partner awards within reach.

Bilt Rewards Now Provides Free Point.me Award Search

by Gary Leff on January 25, 2023

Jan 25 2023

Bilt Rewards now has free Point.me award searches right inside its app. That way you can see where your Bilt points can take you – either ‘paying with points’ at 1.25 cents apiece, or transferring their points to an airline partner.

The Best Tool For Redeeming Your Points Now Supports All Major Currencies

by Gary Leff on January 20, 2023

Jan 20 2023

This is going to seem like a minor thing to some readers, but I’m really excited about it. Two of my favorite brands in points-earning and redemption are now better-integrated.

Bilt: Full Week Of 6X Dining, 4X Travel, 2X On Other Spend

by Gary Leff on November 22, 2022

Nov 22 2022

The Bilt Mastercard, the no annual fee card that lets you earn points paying rent at no cost (up to $100,000 per year) and earns double points on travel and triple points on dining, earns even more one day a month for “Bilt Rent Day,” but for this month it’s running a full week thanks to Black Friday.

Bilt Offering Free United Airlines Elite Status, 6x On Dining Spend For “Rent Day”

by Gary Leff on October 26, 2022

Oct 26 2022

October 1 was the inaugural Bilt Rewards ‘Rent Day’. There were some smashing deals, and they promised to be back monthly.

They’re back with some great offers including elite status with United Airlines – literally for everyone.