Update: Bilt Rewards has significantly expanded this program by adding restaurants from both Seated and Rewards Network dining. Hat tip to VFTW.
Bilt Rewards has added a new program called Bilt dining. Members receive 5x bilt points when eating at restaurants participating in the program. You can use any Mastercard, Visa or American Express card.
It currently operates in:
- New York City
- Boston
- Atlanta
- Dallas
- Chicago
You also earn 100 Bilt points per linked card for your first 3 eligible cards (this isn’t listed anywhere that I can see, but is part of the marketing materials that was sent to me). It’s unclear if this is running on top of rewards network or any other similar card linked programs.
Only downside would be there’s no 5x potential like most mileage programs or even Rakuten that can do 5x MR.
Strange that BILT card-linking program requires my CVV. I would highly avoid this.
Ok. Good for you
Is a having a Bilt card required to try this?
Nope, and you can add 3 credit cards to bump your Bilt points 3 x 100
I haven’t done anything with BILT yet. What’s the first thing to do?
Ask me for a referral and open a credit card.
Later do 5 transactions per statement cycle to get 1x on rent, 2x on travel, 3x on dining.
How do the points compare to UR or MR?
Not as many as UR or MR but still free card and good for rent payers who get nothing.
Aer Lingus AerClub 2,000 1:1
Air Canada Aeroplan 2,000 1:1 Almost Instantly
Air France-KLM Flying Blue 2,000 1:1 Almost Instantly
American Airlines AAdvantage 2,000 1:1 Up to 24 hours
British Airways Executive Club 2,000 1:1 Almost Instantly
Cathay Pacific Asia Miles 2,000 1:1 Almost Instantly
Emirates Skywards 2,000 1:1 Almost Instantly
Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles 2,000 1:1 Almost Instantly
Iberia Plus 2,000 1:1
Turkish Airlines Miles & Smiles 2,000 1:1 Almost Instantly
United MileagePlus 2,000 1:1 Almost Instantly
Virgin Atlantic Flying Club 2,000 1:1 Almost Instantly
Hotel Partners
IHG One Rewards 2,000 1:1 Almost Instantly
World of Hyatt 2,000 1:1 Almost Instantly –
They post Hyatt within 2 hours, versus UR which takes 2-3 days.
Transferring UR’s to Hyatt definitely does not take 2-3 days. Maybe your first transfer (I don’t believe mine even took that long), but after that it should be instant.
UR to Hyatt always takes at least 36 hours for me. Meanwhile, it’s instant for my wife. No idea why and annoying for me, but them’s the breaks!
Transferring UR to Hyatt has almost been instant every time I’ve used it. Maybe you caught them at a bad time.
As for the list, a bit dated as it is missing the Alaska Airlines as a transfer partner. AAdvantage is going away sometime in June I believe.
I need a referral please
i am not sure if its allowed here but you can use this. https://bilt.page/r/7TNA-JJ2J
tried to link a couple of cards got error may not be fully functional yet
issue fixed got the message below and was able to link
We believe you tried to add new cards to your Bilt Wallet over the last 24 hours and were not successful.
You should now be able to add additional cards to your Bilt Wallet and take advantage of Bilt Dining, Lyft and all the other exciting rewards opportunities. We apologize for the inconvenience earlier.
not worth it for 3 dollars worth of points
There is messaging about the 100 points within the Bilt mobile app. Within the Bilt app, go to wallet, then scroll down to Link additional card and you should see a message: “Bonus: Earn 100 points for each card you link to your Bilt Wallet, up to three cards.”
Where is Wallet in the app?
I see. You have to update the app to get Wallet.
Do those restaurants sell GCs????
Getting “Whoops!
Input data is not valid. Please make sure everything is formatted correctly” no matter which card I try to add.
Worked for me x3
Same here. Couldn’t add the Sapphire Preferred or Amex Green. Going to contact Bilt to resolve.
Bilt is the gift that keeps on giving.