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Bilt Rewards Rent Day: August 2024
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, and Alaska. Incredible
August Rent Day is offering up a free additional guest on a cruise with Virgin Voyages!
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VIRGIN VOYAGES TRAVEL EXPERIENCE: Go here
You need to book this experience between July 26th at 9am to August 1st, 2024 at 11:59pm PT. You need to access Virgin Voyages via the Bilt App and you’re good to go.
What do you get?
- Unlimited premium wifi
- Two (2) specialty coffees per day
- $100 bar tab credit
- Complimentary laundry
- Unlimited group workouts
- Essential drinks
- Access to entertainment and events onboard
- Access to an exclusive cocktail event
- Priority boarding at embarkation
- Dedicated support
What to do:
- Go to the Bilt App
- Request benefits in the Bilt app after making their Virgin Voyages booking.
- Members should activate the benefits by entering their name, email, and booking reference number in the Virgin Voyages Travel Experience tab of the Bilt app or website.
- How to book:
Use the Access Key: VVBILT at checkout
Eligible Sailings
Caribbean:
- Mayan Sol: 08-SEPT, 03-NOV
- Fire & Sunset Soirées: 04-SEPT, 18-SEPT, 02-OCT, 11-DEC, 26-DEC
- Riviera Maya: 22-SEPT, 17-NOV, 01-DEC
- Dominican Daze: 27-SEPT, 11-OCT
- Costa Maya & Cozumel Charm: 10-NOV
- Grand Turk, Puerto Plata & Bimini: 15-NOV
- One-Way San Juan Sojourn: 30-NOV
- Pre-Holiday Caribbean Refresh: 6-DEC
- Saint (Isles) & Seas of the Caribbean: 14-DEC
Mediterranean:
- Adriatic Sea & Greek Gems: 28-JUL
- Portsmouth to Zeebrugge (& back): 27-AUG
- From England to Amsterdam (& back): 30-AUG
- A Scarlet Fright Voyage: 24-OCT
- Transatlantic Tricks & Treats: 27-OCT
- Barcelona to Civitavecchia: 03-NOV
- From Rome to Miami: 28-NOV
TRAVEL EXPERIENCE: BILT X BLADE SUMMER PARTY –
Bilt and BLADE helicopter services teamed up earlier this year and I have to say, this sounds super cool, and depending on which experience you book, you could not only end up at a cool party, but also a helicopter ride across Manhattan.
- Tickets for the Experience will be available on July 29, 2024
- starting at 12:00pm ET for Bilt Platinum Members,
- 12:10pm ET for Bilt Gold Members,
- 12:20pm ET for Bilt Silver Members
- 12:30pm ET for Bilt Blue Members.
What does it entail? Well depending on what you book:
Full experience:
This full experience will kick off August 1st at BLADE Lounge West, where you can enjoy a welcome cocktail before boarding a BLADE helicopter for a flight over the Manhattan skyline to the BLADE Lounge East. Upon landing, you’ll join other Bilt Members for a Lounge Party with a DJ on the helipad, small plates by Tao Group, and unlimited craft cocktails and beverages.
Or you could just hit up the Lounge party and skip the Heli ride. 10k points gets you a heli ride and the party…If I lived in NYC I think I’d be very tempted by this one.
Lounge Party Tickets
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- Lounge Party Tickets to the experience can be purchased for $50 or 2,500 rewards points each.
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- Bilt members can book a maximum of four (4) Lounge Party Tickets.
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- Lounge Party Tickets grant access to the Experience at 8:00pm ET.
Early Access Lounge Party Tickets
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- Early Access Lounge Party Tickets are available to Platinum and Gold Bilt account holders only.
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- An individual Early Access Lounge Party Ticket to the Experience can be purchased for $50 or 2,500 rewards points.
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- Bilt members can book a maximum of four (4) Early Access Lounge Party Tickets.
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- Early Access Lounge Party Tickets grant access to the Experience at 7:00pm ET.
Lounge Party + Flight Tickets (via BLADE Helicopter)
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- An individual Lounge Party + Flight Ticket to the Experience can be purchased for $200 or 10,000 rewards points.
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- Bilt members can book a maximum of two (2) Lounge Party + Flight Tickets.
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- Bilt members will be required to sign a waiver prior to booking Lounge Party + Transportation Tickets.
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- Lounge Party + Flight Ticket holders must arrive at the BLADE Lounge West located at 12th Ave and W 30th St, New York, NY 10011 at 7:00pm ET.
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- There are 30 total Lounge Party + Flight Tickets available.
BILT NEIGHBORHOOD DINING SERIES:
Every month, on Rent Day, Bilt offers up curated dining experiences. This month members will have 27 different restaurants to choose from across 12 different cities. 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 6,000 Bilt points per person.
When can you book?
Available on July 29th in the Bilt app at
- 12:00pm ET for Platinum Members
- 12:10pm ET for Gold Members
- 12:20pm for Silver Members
- 12:30pm for Blue Members.
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.
Bilt Rewards Rent Day July ( Alaska baby Alaska )
The Alaska Airlines parade is two fold
- Alaska Airlines 6 months Status Match
- Gold to MVP = One World Ruby
- Platinum to MVP Gold = One World Sapphire
- Must transfer 10k Bilt Rewards ( non bonus eligible )
- Alaska Airlines Transfer Bonus
- Transfer depends on status
- Capped at 50k Bilt Rewards
Alaska Airlines Transfer Bonus On July 1st:
| Bilt Status | Transfer Bonus |
| Bilt Platinum Members | 100% Bonus |
| Bilt Gold Members | 75% Bonus |
| Bilt Silver Members | 50% Bonus |
| Bilt Blue Members* | 25% Bonus |
One great use of Alaska Miles is to fly American to Europe – you can even avoid the high taxes and surcharges into London this way. And…it’s a great deal from the East Coast since Alaska’s award chart ( featured below ) is mileage based. It would be roughly 55k from the rest of the country.
I would highly recommend flying the 787-9 which features a great business class – review here.
Alaska Airlines Status Match for 6 months
One thing to note here – in order to participate in the status match you need to transfer 10k Bilt Rewards to Alaska Airlines; however, these 10k do not count in the transfer bonus.
Details:
- Must transfer 10k Bilt Rewards to Alaska Airlines
- Activate between 6/25/24 and 7/1/24
- Bilt Gold Members
- 6 months of MVP = One World Ruby Status
- Expires 12/31/24
- Bilt Platinum Members
- 6 months of MVP Gold
- Expires 12/31/24
From June 25th to July 1st, Bilt Platinum Members will be able to activate Alaska MVP Gold Status and Bilt Gold Members will be able to activate Alaska MVP Status, both with the transfer of 10,000 Bilt points to Alaska. Alaska Mileage Plan status will be good through December 31, 2024. To activate this offer, you must transfer 10,000 Bilt points to Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan from the dedicated elite status pages.
What do you get with Alaska Airlines Elite Status?
You can read all about it here but some people may think, “Zach, I don’t fly Alaska” and you don’t have to. A lot of Alaska’s benefits are going to also be on American Airlines.
American Airlines Benefits
Both MVP and MVP Gold members will have access to Main Cabin Extra seating and you’ll be on the upgrade list.
Alaska Airlines Benefits
What do you get with One World Ruby or Sapphire?
You can go here to read all about it, but if you get MVP Status you’ll have Ruby and that means you’ll be able to pick better seats when flying on American, and if you get MVP Gold, you’ll not only
How to use the points: Alaska Airlines Award Chart
The best use of Alaska Airlines miles are on partners. Alaska is not only a part of One World ( meaning you can redeem on the Japan Airlines, Qantas, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Qatar Airways, etc ), but they are also partners with airlines that aren’t a part of the alliance like StarLux and Aer Lingus. It’s an incredibly valuable point currency that can unlock some special experiences.
They recently updated their award chart and I thought it’d be helpful to include them below.
One incredible redemption is redeeming 75k Alaska Miles and $19 to fly StarLux – Taipei’s luxurious new airline. You could even book in a stopover in Taipei before continuing on into Asia. Look at their business class
Alaska Airlines Partners
Bilt Experiences:
Book a seat for yourself and your guests starting at $75 or 6,000 Bilt points per person. I would just pay cash as these are quite expensive places and I like to transfer my Bilt Rewards for max value.
Booking is available on June 27th in the Bilt app
- 12:00 ET for Platinum Members,
- 12:10 ET for Gold Members,
- 12:20 for Silver Members,
- 12:30 for Blue Members
Cities included
- NYC,
- Chicago,
- Miami,
- Los Angeles,
- Brooklyn,
- Boston,
- Philadelphia,
- Dallas,
- Austin,
- Houston,
- Washington DC.
Exclusive to July, among 18 total restaurants, this will include Omakase Experiences at Sushi Bar in 4 cities. These experiences will feature a curated tasting menu alongside Brooklyn Peltz Beckham’s premium grade Japanese sake, “WESAKE.”
Bilt Rewards Game Show ‘RENT FREE’
It’s a fun game to play, super easy and straight forward. This month it features chef, author, YouTuber, influencer, Brooklyn Peltz Beckham to play the game
Each month, we ask 1,000 Bilt Members some juicy hypothetical questions.You’ll team up with our celebrity guest to guess the three most popular responses to each question. The more you both get right, the better your chances of winning.Submit your guesses before 3pm ET on July 1st, and then come back after 4pm ET to see if you’ve won and claim your prize.
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.
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% standard
- 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% standard
- 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% standard
- 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% standard
- 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% standard
- 50% silver
- 75% gold
- 100% platinum
- Alaska Airlines Status Match
DOUBLE POINTS ON ALL NON-RENT PURCHASES
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)
Play Point Quest to earn points
- log in to the Bilt Rewards app on the first
- Answer 5 questions and earn 50 points instantly for each correct answer
- If you get all 5 correct, you will be given a 6th question for another 100 Bilt 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.
Rent Giveaway
I mentioned this up above, but if you solve a phrase and you submit the correct answer you’ll be entered in a contest to win up to $2500 in free rent!
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
- Earn 60,000 bonus points after you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening.
- That’s $750 when you redeem through Chase Travel℠
- 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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