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Bilt Rewards (I’m an advisor and investor ) is continuing to expand its investment and expansion into Neighborhood Rewards – faciliating ways for you to earn more points in the neighborhoods you spend most. Bilt made its mark by being the first rewards program to earn points on Rent without any transaction fees. They’ve expanded into offering a full dining program, bonus points with Lyft, and now you can earn Bilt Points at Walgreens – they’ve even automated FSA/HSA notification for eligible purchases.
And no… you don’t need the Bilt Mastercard® to earn points, you can just use the Bilt Wallet and add one of your own credit cards to it to earn those points alongside BIlt Points at the following rates.
- 1x Bilt points on all Walgreens purchases,
- 2x points on Walgreens-branded items,
- 100 Bilt points on prescription refills
- subject to certain exclusions
- Max of 26 transactions per year
- Must Enable Rewards
Automatic FSA/HSA Savings
Basically Bilt will notify you when certain items qualify as eligible to use your FSA or HSA funds. Pretty awesome!
- Automatic FSA/HSA Savings: Members can shop at Walgreens using any linked debit or credit card in their Bilt account. Bilt’s innovative system automatically identifies FSA or HSA eligible items and offers a one-click solution to apply benefits. This feature simplifies healthcare shopping by removing the hassle of knowing which items are eligible for FSA or HSA benefits in advance of purchase.
No brainer
Why wouldn’t you link your credit card that you use at pharmacies and drug stores to earn an extra 1x or 2x at Walgreen’s now? For instance, both the Chase Freedom Flex® and Chase Freedom Unlimited® earn 3x at drugstores…this would mean you could earn those + 1x Bilt points. Yes please. As a Bilt Mastercard holder I would have to have seen a bonus for using the card there, but this is great for everyone else!
I’d love to see Bilt either build their own shopping portal or partner with one a la Amex and Rakuten. This would provide even more ways to earn points on the things I ordinarily buy.
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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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