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The Bilt Mastercard® is a great option for paying rent with a card and earning rewards because you won’t pay additional transaction fees. And each month, cardholders can take advantage of exclusive perks as part of the ongoing Bilt Rent Day promotion. (See rates and fees).
Bilt has a history of absolutely incredible Rent Day deals, and November’s promotion is one of the best we’ve seen. Bilt members have an opportunity to unlock some of the world’s most luxurious flights for rock-bottom award prices with a transfer bonus of up to 150% to Emirates. That’s in addition to double points on non-rent purchases (for cardholders), exclusive dining experiences and opportunities to win one month’s rent.
November Bilt Rent Day benefits
On the first of every month, Bilt holds its Rent Day promotion for all Bilt Rewards members and Bilt Mastercard® cardholders. There are some standard benefits offered each month, such as the ability to earn double points on specific purchases, as well as other perks. There’s no additional registration required to participate.
For Bilt’s November 2023 Rent Day, members can transfer their points to Emirates with a bonus of up to 150% and access Bilt dining experiences in select cities. Plus, you’ll have a chance to win rent for a month with its Rent Free™ game show, earn double points on November 1st and earn bonus points with Bilt’s monthly Point Quest trivia.
The Bilt Mastercard is a no-annual-fee credit card that allows you to easily earn points when paying for rent and other purchases. You can redeem Bilt points in several ways, including transferring them to 14 different travel loyalty programs. Other perks include cell phone protection and purchase security. Read our Bilt Rewards review to learn more. See rates and fees.
Bilt Mastercard®
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Rewards
Earn points when you make 5 transactions that post each statement period – up to 1x points on rent payments without the transaction fee (up to 100,000 points each calendar year), 3x points on dining, 2x points on travel, and 1x points on other purchases.
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Welcome bonus
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Annual fee
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Regular APR
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Balance transfer fee
Introductory fee of either $5 or 3% of the amount of each balance transfer, whichever is greater, for 120 days from account opening. After that, up to 5% for each balance transfer ($5 minimum).
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Foreign transaction fee
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Credit needed
Up to 150% transfer bonus to Emirates
On November 1st, Bilt members can take advantage of a transfer bonus of up to 150% to the Emirates Skywards program. The bonus you qualify for depends on your Bilt elite status level as of November 1st:
- Blue: 75% bonus
- Silver: 100% bonus
- Gold: 125% bonus
- Platinum: 150% bonus
Emirates has one of the best first-class seats in the world, its first-class product features exclusive champagne, bottomless caviar and even onboard showers (depending on the aircraft). For 102,000 Emirates Skywards miles (plus about $100 in taxes) you can book a one-way first-class award from New York to Milan or Athens. With this transfer bonus, you would only need to transfer 41,000 to 59,000 Bilt points to book this award, which could easily cost over $10,000 if you paid cash. Keep in mind, you can transfer Bilt points in 1,000-point increments, but Blue members need at least 2,000 points to initiate a transfer. All other status levels can transfer as little as 1,000 points.
What makes this offer even more lucrative is that Emirates is a transfer partner with all of the major transferable rewards programs. So if you don’t have enough Bilt points for the awards you want to book, you can use points from Chase, American Express, Citi and Capital One to top-off your Emirates account.
Bilt dining experiences
Bilt is offering members the opportunity to book unique dining experiences at 10 restaurants in four cities. Starting October 27th at noon Eastern members can book up to two seats for 12,500 Bilt points or $150 a person.
All of the dining experiences start a 7 p.m. local time on November 1, and the following restaurants are available to book:
- New York: Shinji’s Bar, The Bazaar, Misi, Mēdüzā Mediterrania
- Miami: Carbone, MILA
- Dallas: Carbone, Alice
- Boston: Contessa, 1928 Beacon Hill
Double points earnings
On the first day of every month, Bilt Mastercard holders earn double points on all non-rent purchases. Cardholders can earn up to 10,000 bonus points from 12:00 a.m. ET through 11:59 p.m. PT on November 1st.
The bonus earnings for that day are:
- 6X points on dining (usually 3X)
- 4X points on travel (usually 2X)
- 2X points on all other non-rent purchases (usually 1X)
The elevated earning rates are quite lucrative, making the Bilt card a better option to use than a travel card like the Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card or American Express® Gold Card when spending on the first day of the month. Terms Apply.
Keep in mind that you must use your Bilt Mastercard at least five times each statement period to be eligible for these bonuses.
Other perks
Bilt is also running a handful of other promotions during November’s Rent Day.
- Rent Free game show: Bilt surveyed 1,000 members and is using their responses for this game show, where contestants have to guess how their fellow members answered the questions. A special guest participates and this month it’s Kevin O’Leary. You can play the game in the Bilt app. To automatically be entered into the drawing, you’ll need to correctly guess three of the most common responses. You can play Rent Free beginning Oct. 26th.
- Point Quest trivia: On November 1, you can log in to the Bilt app and play Point Quest trivia. There will be five questions and you can earn up to 150 points. If you correctly answer all five questions, you’ll get a bonus question for a chance to earn an additional 100 points.
- Free SoulCycle rides: Starting October 27th 2023, at noon ET, Bilt members can book a free SoulCycle Rent Day Ride class through the Bilt app. Ten free bikes are available to Bilt members per Rent Day Ride class. When you book a Rent Day ride through the Bilt Rewards app, you will also be entered to win rent for a month (worth up to $2,500).
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Bottom line
Bilt Mastercard members can take advantage of additional perks at the beginning of every month during Bilt’s Rent Day promotion. November’s Rent Day perks include an Emirates transfer of up to 150%, private dining experiences, double points and the chance to win a month’s rent.
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