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Bilt Rewards Rent Day: January 2025
A couple years ago, Bilt Rewards had the bright idea to make the first of the month a bit more fun. Soooo, they launched a “RENT DAY” promo to reward Bilt Rewards members on the first of every month ( I am a senior advisor and investor in the company ).
I’ve been seriously impressed with how inventive the program has been with massive transfer bonuses, rent giveaways, and now Bilt Experiences. So far this year we’ve great transfer bonuses ( 75% to 150% )to Virgin, Flying Blue, IHG One Rewards, Aeroplan, LifeMiles, British Airways, and Alaska. Incredible.
We’ve also seen some awesome status matching ( I’m currently rocking Alaska MVP status and Hilton was featured as well ) and January 2025 starts off strong with a match to Accor ( Including Platinum status! )
Let’s take a look!
Table of Contents
For January, Rent Day focuses on Accor Live Limitless
If you’re unfamiliar with Accor you’re missing out on some of the nicest hotels in the world ( Raffles, Fairmont, Sofitel, and Mercure ) are all a part of Accor. I just spent an incredible weekend at the Sofitel Legend in the Old Town of Panama City – HIGHLY Recommend. I’ve also done afternoon tea at the Raffles in Singapore – which is a must if you haven’t been.
I ended up landing Bilt Platinum just In the nick of time ( I hit $50k spend mainly through pushing business spend on to my Bilt Mastercard® ) which will match all the way up to Platinum within Accor ( this includes 2 suite night upgrades, lounge access at select hotels, breakfast, and more ) – the very first time Accor has ever offered a match to Platinum status.
You’ll need to activate the status – note that you’ll need to move some points over to do so depending on the status.
- Silver/Gold – upon doing so you’ll get an email with an link to activate
- Platinum – you’ll be automatically upgrade within 15 days
- Status runs until 2025
Extend your status
- Silver
- 3 Qualifying nights to extend through 2026
- Gold
- 8 qualifying nights to extend through 2026
- Platinum
- If you don’t hit 60 nights, you’ll soft land to Gold through 2026
Undoubtedly I will be matching to Accor Platinum status for the year.
BILT NEIGHBORHOOD DINING SERIES:
Every month, on Rent Day, Bilt offers up curated dining experiences. These experiences are very high end, have special menus, you may hang with the chef, get specialty cocktails, etc. It’s not just a normal dining experience. Honestly, I’d do one of these just for the cash rate.
The Cost?
Book a seat for yourself and up to 4 guests starting at $75 or 5,000 Bilt points per person.
When can you book?
Available on October 29th in the Bilt app for up to 4 people at
- 11:50am ET for Platinum Members
- 12:00pm ET for Gold Members
- 12:00pm for Silver Members
- 12:00pm for Blue Members.
Neighborhood Comedy Series
Bilt has hired Matt Friend to be the new Director, Neighborhood Experience, Comedy. Matt will focus on “transforming iconic spaces into an intimate setting, complete with drinks and light bites.” You may know Matt Friend from his uncanny impersonations!
- $75 or 5,000 Bilt points.
- Available on November 27th, 2024 at 11:50am ET in the Bilt app or website for Platinum Members
- and all other members at 12:00pm ET.
Bilt Mastercard®
Earn Bilt Points with the Bilt Mastercard® : the only credit card that earns points on rent ( up to 100k a year ) without transaction fees.
It’s the only 1:1 program where you can transfer points to American, Alaska and United and the 4 largest hotel programs: IHG, Hyatt, Marriott, and Hilton
A complete no brainer for renters in the USA
Welcome Offer
None
Annual Fee
$0
Points Earned
Bilt Points
Finally you can earn points on one of your biggest monthly expenses, RENT, without any processing fees Terms and Conditions. Use the card 5 times each statement period to earn points.
Bilt Rewards has a great list of transfer partners and will mail your landlord a check, process via ACH, Paypal, or Venmo on your behalf. Bilt then puts the amount of your rent on your credit card statement.
Bilt “Rent Day”
- On the first of every month, all non-rent expenses earn double points, up to 10,000 points.
- Note: Use the card 5 times each statement period to earn points
- $0 Annual fee See terms
- Earn Structure:
- 1x on rent (up to 100,000 points in a calendar year) and other purchases
- 2x on travel
- booked direct with airlines, hotels, cruises or car rentals
- 3x on dining
- Use the card 5 times each statement period to earn points
- Learn More about the product features, terms, and conditions
- Transfer points 1:1 to over a dozen partners, including American, United, and Hyatt
- Redeem points toward Rent, Mortgage Downpayment, Amazon, etc
- Redeem at 1.25c in the Bilt Rewards Travel Center (powered by Expedia)
- Features and Benefits
- Cellular Telephone Protection
- Up to $800 of cell phone protection per claim, subject to a $25 deductible deductible
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver
- Cellular Telephone Protection
- If you’d like to read the Guide to Benefits you can do so here
We keep an up to date spreadsheet that lists what the highest offers: You can find that spreadsheet here.
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.
DOUBLE POINTS ON ALL NON-RENT PURCHASES – up to 1k points
Don’t forget you need to use the card 5x in a month to get your points. Here’s how you can earn:
- DINING: 6x points (regularly 3x points)
- This applies to Restaurants in the Bilt Dining program as well – so you’d earn 11x
- TRAVEL: 4x points (regularly 2x points)
- ALL OTHER SPEND excluding rent: 2x points (regularly 1x points)
Soul Cycle
- Bilt Members can book complimentary bikes at every SoulCycle x Bilt Rent Day Ride on the 1st of each month at studios across the country.
- Book directly in the Bilt App to book one of 10 complimentary bikes that are available per class, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Rumble Boxing partners with Bilt
Members will be able to book a “Rent Day Rumble” free class at select studios directly through the Bilt App.
- New York,
- Miami Beach,
- Chicago,
- West Hollywood,
- Washington, D.C.,
- Frisco,
- Alpharetta directly through the Bilt Rewards app.
Platinum Members will be able to secure their spot first beginning at 10:50am ET on Friday, December 27th. Following that, regular members will be able to secure their spot beginning at 11:00am ET on Friday, December 27th. Rent Day Rumble classes can’t be canceled and failing to show up may result in a $30 charge.
Rent Giveaway up to $2500 – Play Rent Free™ with A-Rod!
Win up to $2500 in free rent!
- You will have until 3:00pm ET on the 1st to play. Then head back to the app after 4:00pm ET on January 1st to watch A-Rod’s full episode and see your score. The top 10 scoring players will be January’s rent winners, and the next top scoring 500 members will nab some extra Bilt points
What are some past Bilt Rent Day promos?
- November 2022
- United status trial and challenge
- December 2022:
- 100% transfer bonuses to IHG
- January 2023
- Bonus points with Trivia
- February 2023
- 100% transfer bonus to Hawaiian
- March 2023
- Points worth 50% more with Amazon
- April 2023
- Hyatt Trial Status and Challenge,
- Explorist and pathway to Globalist in 20 nights
- Hyatt Trial Status and Challenge,
- May 2023
- 100% transfer bonus to Flying Blue
- June 2023
- 100k Bilt Rewards prize, R/T Virgin Upper Class and Emirate Biz tix
- July 2023
- $10 to $20 Lyft Credits ( $10 for all Bilt Rewards members and $20 for Bilt Rewards credit cardholders )
- August 2023
- 75% to 150% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic/Virgin Red
- 75% blue
- 100% silver
- 125% gold
- 150% platinum
- 75% to 150% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic/Virgin Red
- September 2023
- One rider in each SoulCycle class will get a month’s rent – up to $2500
- All Rent Day Riders are eligible
- You can book your bike, starting today!
- 10 bikes are available per class
- One rider in each SoulCycle class will get a month’s rent – up to $2500
- October 2023
- 5x on Sports Tickets
- Use points to book NFL Suites and Tickets
- November 2023
- 75% to 150% transfer bonus to Emirates SkyWards
- 75% blue
- 100% silver
- 125% gold
- 150% platinum
- 75% to 150% transfer bonus to Emirates SkyWards
- December 2023
- 2x shopping
- 10x Bilt Dining
- January 2024
- 75% to 150% transfer bonus to Virgin, Air France/KLM Flying Blue, and IHG One Rewards
- 75% blue
- 100% silver
- 125% gold
- 150% platinum
- 75% to 150% transfer bonus to Virgin, Air France/KLM Flying Blue, and IHG One Rewards
- February 2024
- 75% to 150% transfer bonus to Air Canada, Aeroplan
- 75% blue
- 100% silver
- 125% gold
- 150% platinum
- 50% more value with Amazon
- $5 Lyft Credit
- 75% to 150% transfer bonus to Air Canada, Aeroplan
- March 2024
- NCAA Sweet 16 tournament
- Connect your Bilt Rewards to a partner and get 1k point up to 2 partners.
- NCAA Sweet 16 tournament
- April 2024
- Buy One Get One Fitness Classes
- May 2024
- Use Points on Rent, get 100% back to use in Home Collection
- June 2024
- 5x or 10x on Bilt Dining
- July 2024
- Alaska Airlines Status Match
- Gold = MVP
- Platinum = MVP Gold
- Alaska Airlines Transfer Bonus – capped at 50k
- 25% blue
- 50% silver
- 75% gold
- 100% platinum
- Alaska Airlines Status Match
- August 2024
- Virgin Voyages Experience
- Blade Helicopter promo with party
- September 2024
- Avianca LifeMiles transfer bonus
- All Members 50% bonus
- Virgin Transfer Bonus
- Blue 20% bonus
- Silver 40% bonus
- Gold 60% bonus
- Platinum 100% bonus
- ResortPass Promo
- Virgin Cruises BOGO
- Avianca LifeMiles transfer bonus
- October
- Hilton Gold Status Match til year end
- Keep Gold after 8 nights for all members
- Get Diamond after 14 nights for Blue/Silver/Gold and 8 nights for Platinum
- Hilton Gold Status Match til year end
- November 2024
- 50 to 100% Transfer Bonus to British Airways
- 2x on Groceries up to 500 points
- December 2024
- Amazon Bonuses
- 3x on Groceries
- January 2025
- Accor Status Match
Tell me more about the Bilt Mastercard®?
You can earn on points rent without the transaction fee by using the Bilt Mastercard® as long as you make 5 non-rent transaction in a statement period ( up to 100k points per year ).
You can pay rent via two different ways
- The first, using their app to pay rent within their Bilt Alliance network. They have partnerships with over 2 million properties across the country. If your building is a part of it, it’s super easy and streamlined.
But the 2nd way is a gamechanger.
- You can use their no annual fee Bilt Mastercard® to pay your rent and earn points. The card even earns 2x on travel and 3x on dining with no annual fee. I’m not talking just within the alliance, but literally any landlord, anywhere in the United States.
My landlord doesn’t accept credit card.
If they don’t accept credit card…
- Bilt will mail your landlord a check.
- They even set it up so that you can use the Bilt Mastercard® to pay via ACH, Venmo, or PayPal
If you pay rent…it’s a complete no brainer.
Overall
Bilt Rewards Rent Day is an exceptional time to spend on your credit card if you have one, but also take advantage of all the promotions they offer.
Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed or approved by any of these entities.
Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 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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