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Bilt Rewards differentiates their Platinum status with comped FlyingBlue Gold Status
Bilt Rewards has continued to add perks and benefits to those who attain status – the most attractive of these are the massive Rent Day transfer bonuses we see featured throughout the year. This has been the biggest reason to strive for status…get a bigger bonus. As an FYI I am a Bilt Rewards Senior Advisor and Investor.
For people like me, who don’t rent, I’d be shooting for Bilt Status via spend. And, honestly speaking, up until now, I didn’t really think there was a massive reason to double my spend to $50k get to get an extra 25% transfer bonus. As an advisor, these things get talked about behind closed doors and lo and behold…a new benefit.
So far this year we’ve seen Virgin, Aeroplan, IHG, and Flying Blue receive the following bonus structure:
- 75% blue
- 1000 Bilt = 1750
- 100% silver
- 1000 Bilt = 2000
- 125% gold
- 1000 Bilt = 2250
- 150% platinum
- 1000 Bilt = 2500
In order to gain Bilt Status you need to fulfill the following requirements:
| QUALIFYING POINTSBased on the annual Bilt Points you earn | SPEND
Fast track your way to elite status with eligible non-rent spend on a Bilt Mastercard, or other linked Mastercard, American Express, or Visa card |
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| Silver | 50,000 Bilt Points | $10,000 |
| Gold | 125,000 Bilt Points | $25,000 |
| Platinum | 200,000 Bilt Points | $50,000 |
ONLY Platinum members get a direct match into Sky Team Elite Plus status via Flying Blue Gold
Beginning today, Thursday, February 29th, Bilt Platinum Members can activate 12 months of Flying Blue Gold status by transferring 10k Bilt points to FlyingBlue. Yes, that is SkyTeam’s top tier status. Oh…you don’t fly Air France or KLM…that doesn’t matter. You have status with the alliance…and both Delta and Virgin Atlantic are members alongside all those listed below.
Who is currently in SkyTeam?
- Aeroflot,
- Aerolíneas Argentinas,
- Aeroméxico,
- Air Europa,
- Air France,
- China Airlines,
- China Eastern Airlines,
- Czech Airlines,
- Delta Air Lines, Inc.,
- Garuda Indonesia,
- ITA,
- Kenya Airways,
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines,
- Korean Air,
- Middle East Airlines,
- Saudia,
- TAROM,
- Vietnam Airli
Full Flying Blue Gold benefits can be found here on the Flying Blue website. Members also qualify for SkyTeam Elite Plus, which gives airport and onboard benefits with all SkyTeam airlines, including Delta, such as lounge access when flying any SkyTeam airline internationally regardless of class of travel.
How it works: One match per 12 months
After qualifying for Bilt Rewards Platinum status, members can go to the elite status tab in the Bilt app and select ‘Elite Status Match’.
- Activate Status Match
- Transfer 10k Bilt Points
- Takes up to 3 days
- Get 12 months post activation
- Getting another Status Match
- “All Bilt Platinum Members are currently eligible to enroll in this status match in 2024. To request status again, members will need to requalify for Bilt Platinum Status in 2025. Ex) If a member qualifies for Bilt Platinum in April 2024 and opts in for 12 months of status, they cannot get a second status match in May 2025 unless they have requalified for Bilt Platinum again in 2025.
Better Customer Experience:
You’ll get your own “Platinum Member Specialist Team” who will give you dedicated specialist support. If this is done well it should be pretty awesome if you need to hold FlyingBlue award redemptions while you transfer points. This specilist is based in NYC as well.
Overall
I already have SkyTeam Elite Plus via Virgin Atlantic so I won’t be prioritizing spend to hit this personally, but it’s additional benefits like this that make the increased spend or point requirements worth chasing as the status levels continue to differentiate.
Again…I’m proud to be partnered with Bilt as they innovate in the world of loyalty with new and inventive ways to reward loyalty members with outsized transfer bonuses and outright status matching to SkyTeam top tier status.
This is all with a no annual fee card that earns points on rent with no transaction fees.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
75k Points after $4k spend in 3 months
*you may find an elevated offer walking into a branch – see below
Annual Fee
$95
Points Earned
Transferrable Chase Ultimate Rewards
- 75k points after $4k spend in 3 months
- Worth $937.50 in Chase Travel℠ and way more if you maximize transfer partners
- Some people have seen Chase branches offering the following:
- 75k Ultimate Rewards After $4k spend in 3 months + 10k Ultimate Rewards after $6k in 6 months
- 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, 2024
- $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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