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3 (Big!) Reasons I Don’t Use Travel Portals – With a Few Exceptions

Ah, the "portal" discussion. It's actually two fold. We are talking about all "OTAs," shorthand for Online Travel Agency (sidebar: if you ever booked...
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New March Transfer Bonuses + Booking a Bilt Air France Promo Award

Bilt Rent Day X Air France Flying Blue (100% Transfer Bonus + Promo Rewards) First, let's not forget that today is the ONE DAY to...
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Fly to Europe for 5,625 Miles Each Way – One Day Only!

(And business class starts at 20,625 Bilt points one way!)  Bilt Rewards seems to really figured out a way to over-deliver each month in a...
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Correction on Bilt / Hyatt Terms Regarding Start Date Technicality

In the fantastic Bilt / Hyatt promotion I wrote about recently where you get Explorist status as a trial and then Explorist through Feb...

Quick Clarifications on Both Hyatt Promotions (Bonus Journeys and Bilt)

There has been some confusion expressed to me in the Facebook group (and via DM and email...) about the two latest promos from Hyatt,...
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Get Hyatt Globalist into 2025… with BILT?!

I have to say, when the PR folk at Bilt (the credit card that lets you earn points for paying your rent with no fees)...
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MEGA Round Up: The Last Week’s News in One Post

I've been a bit MIA the last 4 days, working a trade show booth at an orthopedic surgeon conference. As some of you know,...
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What is Bilt’s Platinum Reward Gift?

For those in the dark, the Bilt Rewards program and Bilt Mastercard allow you to earn transferable points (to solid partners like AA, United, Hyatt,...

Transfer Bonus: Double HawaiianMiles via Bilt on Feb 1

Bilt Rewards offers something extra on the 1st day of the month. At a minimum, you can earn a few hundred points from trivia,...

Point.me Adds Support for Bilt Rewards

Two friends of MilesTalk - Point.me and Bilt Rewards are now partnering up to expand the number of currencies that Point.me can support in your...