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On May 1st, for Rent Day, Bilt will have lots of stuff going on (which members will receive full details on, as always) so my focus is just the transfer bonus…. it’s MilesTalk after all!
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Bilt’s May 1st Rent Day? Up to 100% Avios Transfer Bonus
This month is Avios, and you can get up to 75% (Platinum members) which means up to 100% if you are Platinum and add $150 Bilt Cash to up your bonus to 100% (i.e. 1 Bilt Point = 2 Avios).
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You can choose to transfer to British Airways, Aer Lingus, or Iberia (keep in mind you can easily transfer between these and other Avios currencies like Finnair and Qatar). I tend to always send to BA and to other Avios partners from there as it’s (to me) the most versatile.
Avios Transfer Bonus Details
- Blue: 40% bonus
- Silver: 50% bonus
- Gold: 60% bonus
- Platinum: 75% bonus
- Platinum + upgrade: 100% bonus
- Bilt Cash Upgrade: You can use Bilt Cash to temporarily upgrade your status for $150 in Bilt Cash and access a higher tier promotion.
- Note: You can only access one tier up (i.e., Blue → Silver). Platinum can top off to even higher than top tier which would be 100% in this transfer bonus.
- IMPORTANT: Maximum transfer eligible for the bonus: 100,000 base Bilt Points total during Rent Day. (That’s a 100,000 point max bonus at the highest transfer tier and the first time I can recall a cap on points transferred during a Rent Day bonus. That means your $150 Bilt Cash is getting you a MAXIMUM of 25,000 additional Avios (10,000 at lower tiers, 25,000 at Platinum + Upgrade). I would only do this if you are Platinum maxing out the full bonus.
For my thoughts on these programs in general, I’d check out past Your Best Credit Cards transfer bonus alerts:
- Past transfer bonuses to British Airways Avios
- Past transfer bonuses to Iberia Avios
- Past transfer bonuses to Aer Lingus Avios
Possible 500 Bonus Bilt Points for Linking to Rakuten
You should do this anyway as the next statement cycle (around May 15th) from Rakuten is the last one that will get you full 1:1 points even if you don’t have Bilt status. 500 bonus Bilt points on Rent Day (IF you are targeted) is gravy…
Here’s the link for that.
Links to Apply
We have all three cards on Your Best Credit Cards:
The Bilt Palladium has an offer to earn 50,000 Bilt Points + Gold Status after spending $4,000 on everyday purchases in the first 3 months + $300 of Bilt Cash. Subject to approval.
Thoughts?
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