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Bilt Rewards now has 19 transfer partners with the addition of Southwest ( 1:1 ). Bilt currently stands as the only transferrable currency that is partnered with all 4 major hotel chains ( Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton, and IHG + Accor now ) alongside great domestic airline partners like United and Alaska. Southwest adds a third US airline, and now that the program is fully dynamic, you’ll find redemption levels on Southwest flights in the 1 to 1.5 cent range. Personally, I wouldn’t be using Bilt points for Southwest and would save them for a big international redemption, but that’s just me. The Bilt program continues to get better and better, but then again I am an investor and advisor.
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.
- You can earn Bilt points paying your rent
- You can earn Bilt points using their credit card
- You can also load your existing credit cards into the Bilt app to earn Bilt Points alongside your other credit cards points on dining, Lyft, Walgreens, their travel portal, and even pay your rent for 3% fee.
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Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card
Welcome Offer
Earn 75,000 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 Points Boost
- each account anniversary you’ll earn bonus points equal to 10% of your total purchases made the previous year
- Points are transferrable to 14 Ultimate Rewards partners
- No foreign transaction fees
- Suite of Travel and Purchase Coverage
- Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver is my favorite
- Complimentary DashPass which unlocks $0 delivery fees & lower service fees for a min. of one year when you activate by 12/31/27. Plus, a $10 promo each month on non-restaurant orders
- $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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