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Earlier in 2025, Bilt Rewards ran a promotion whereby you could match your Bilt status to Accor Live Limitless. Accor has some incredible brands under its umbrella ( Raffels, Banyan Tree, Fairmont, Sofitel, Pullman, etc ) and if you had Bilt Platinum status, you would receive a direct match to ALL Platinum status through 12/31/26. That’s a lot of status time, and one of the benefits of ALL Platinum status ( usually hit after 60 nights or 14k Elite Points ) is 2 suite upgrade awards. Let’s do a dive into how to go about using them because they’re different than other programs.
First off, these are very easy to use online; however, the value of them varies widely depending on the property and the upgrade they specifically entitle you to receive. The term “suite upgrade” is a little deceiving since a lot of the upgrades that these secure are just better room categories at a discounted rate shown at booking.
First off… if you have ALL Platinum status with Suite Night you’ll see them appear in your account at login:
When you click on “learn more” you’ll get more information on when they expire, and how to “use them” – you can go down that rabbit hole, but the far simpler version is just doing a search.
When you’re completing a search, you’ll see the option to add them.
If you haven’t done so, you can apply it after you see results. As you can see, just about “Fairmont Chicago” I can toggle on the Suite Night Upgrades.
Once its toggled, you can see that it’s populating the properties where the suite upgrades are available.
If you click on a property, you’ll see the upgrades contingent on the room you pay and book for – an example:
You would need to book a Fairmont King in order to secure this One Bedroom Suite King. That would save $130 per night. Pretty good deal.
Choosing the base room can make a big difference in your upgrade. For instance, here is an outrageously expensive room at the Raffles London. The Junior Suite upgrade requires a Deluxe booking and results in about a $400 a night upgrade. Pretty Awesome. However, if you look at the Westminster Suite, which is just $60 a night more, basically inconsequential on the rack rate, you’d need to book an Executive Room and get a whopping $900 a night upgrade.
Lesson is… pay close attention to the room you’re booking as it makes a big difference in the upgrade.
Have you used your free night certificates? What was your experience?
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 100,000 bonus points after you spend $5,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 5x on all travel purchased through Chase Travel℠
- 3x on dining, including eligible delivery services for takeout & dining out
- 3x on select streaming services
- 3x on online grocery purchases
- (excluding Target, Walmart and wholesale clubs)
- $50 Annual Chase Travel Hotel Credit via Chase Travel℠
- The begins immediately for new cardmembers and after your account anniversary for existing cardmembers
- 2x on all other travel
- 10% Anniversary Bonus
- Every year you keep the card, your total spend will yield a 10% points bonus. If you spend $10k in a year, you’ll get 1k bonus points
- Chase Sapphire Preferred continues to redeem at 1.25c in the Chase Travel℠ and the slew of other benefits remain in tact including Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver ( primary ), purchase protections, etc.
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- Redeem in Chase Travel℠ for 1.25 cents per point
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Get complimentary access to DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees and lower service fees for a minimum of one year when you activate by December 31, 2027.
- $95 Annual Fee
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists the best ever offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
Historically 80k is a very, very good offer and hit in both 2022 and 2023. In 2021, we saw the offer hit an all time high of 100k. Who knows if that will ever come back.
Main Cast:
Cards that earn flexible points and should be used on the bulk of your purchases.
Supporting Cast:
Cards that earn fixed points in the currency of the airline/hotel and can not be transferred at attractive rates. These cards yield benefits that make it worth keeping, but not necessarily worth putting a lot of your everyday spend on.
The Chase Sapphire Preferred® is exceptional starter card and offers transferrable Ultimate Rewards, and pairs well with other Chase cards.
If you carry this card alongside Chase’s cashback cards like the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® or the business versions: Ink Business Cash® , Ink Business Unlimited® you can combine the points into Preferred account and transfer into hotel and airline partners
Annual fee is quite low at $95 a year + you get a 10% anniversary bonus on points + $50 hotel credit in Chase travel.
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