Bilt’s March Rent Day Transfer Bonus is Hilton

You must be enrolled in the Hilton Honors loyalty program to transfer your Bilt points to Hilton Honors points. Link your existing Hilton Honors account to your Bilt account or enroll at https://www.hilton.com/en/hilton-honors-rewards-program/. Bilt points can be converted in increments of 1,000. Bilt Blue Members must transfer a minimum of 2,000 points. Terms apply.

My take:

Bilt Blue members will receive a 150% transfer bonus (1 Bilt = 2.5 Hilton Honors) and Bilt Silver, Gold, and Platinum members will receive 200% (1 Bilt = 3 Hilton Honors)

Note that while this may appear to trounce the current transfer bonus from American Express Membership Rewards to Hilton Honors, Hilton defaults to a 1:2 transfer ratio while Bilt is only 1:1.

For example, under the current Amex 25% bonus, due to the default rate being double Bilt’s, this equals 2.5 Hilton Honors for 1 Amex point – or the same as Bilt’s base bonus. Silver/Gold/Platinum are getting 0.5 more points than this, but are also trading much more valuable Bilt points.

I think this only likely makes sense if you are short on Hilton points and don’t have Amex points to transfer either.

As I’ve said before, Hilton points have gotten more attractive since integrating SLH hotels into Hilton Honors (See Dave’s musing about his thinking on how Hilton points may be becoming more valuable and this more recent article about the extreme value in SLH and other high end Hilton brands.).

The integration is already providing exceptional value at properties with rates in the $1,000 – $2,000 a night range for, on average, 130,000 points a night. So, it appears his musing has become a reality.

Apply for the Bilt Mastercard and pay your rent on a credit card without any transaction fees – while earning points!

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