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Bilt Mastercard®: Earn Points on Rent Payments Without the Transaction Fee (up to 100k points in a calendar year). Terms apply.
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Bilt Rewards is offering the first-ever loyalty program for renters that lets you earn points on rent with no transaction fees with the Bilt Mastercard®. There is no annual fee.
Thanks to staff member EfficientGame645 for sharing this deal.
Card Details:
$0 Annual Fee
Earn 1x points on rent payments without the transaction fee, up to 100,000 points each calendar year
Earns 3x points on dining, 2x on travel, and 1x on other purchases
Earn double points on the first of each month (excluding rent, up to 1,000 bonus points)
Use the card 5 times each statement period to earn points
Earn up to 5x Bilt points on Lyft rides when you link your Bilt account and pay with your Bilt card
Point redemptions include airlines, hotels, future rent payments, credit card statement credits, toward a down payment on a home, etc.
Other features and benefits include: Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver, Purchase Security, Trip Cancellation and Interruption Protection, Cellular Telephone Protection, and Trip Delay Reimbursement
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Bilt Rewards is offering the first-ever loyalty program for renters that lets you earn points on rent with no transaction fees with the Bilt Mastercard®. There is no annual fee.
Card Details:
$0 Annual Fee
Earn 1x points on rent payments without the transaction fee, up to 100,000 points each calendar year
Earns 3x points on dining, 2x on travel, and 1x on other purchases
Earn double points on the first of each month (excluding rent, up to 1,000 bonus points)
Use the card 5 times each statement period to earn points
Earn up to 5x Bilt points on Lyft rides when you link your Bilt account and pay with your Bilt card
Point redemptions include airlines, hotels, future rent payments, credit card statement credits, toward a down payment on a home, etc.
Other features and benefits include: Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver, Purchase Security, Trip Cancellation and Interruption Protection, Cellular Telephone Protection, and Trip Delay Reimbursement
Select [CTA] to learn more about the product features, terms, and conditions
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Please be careful about when it says Rent Payments. Only specific rental companies are covered in it.Triple Check with your rental company if they accept it.
I had one question and was wondering if anyone has experienced it.
If your Bilt card is blocked and your rent payment is due (which was set up using the ACH number) then will the payment go through? I asked the customer care but they were not able to answer. Trying to see if we have any real world experiences.
The speed at which this card is getting compromised/blocked it is very likely that many will face this situation.
Another point - will having the Bilt protect ON (meaning pull from the bank account directly) be helpful in such cases where the card is blocked?
Per Bilt cs, if card is blocked due to fraudulent charges, rent payment WILL NOT go through
Check your email. I remember getting a email saying any txn for 5 days give 5x points when I activated my card.
Your Bilt Mastercard has been delivered!
As a thank you for being a Bilt Member, we're excited to offer you 5X points on all of your eligible purchases (excluding rent) for the next 5 days starting..
Please be careful about when it says Rent Payments. Only specific rental companies are covered in it.Triple Check with your rental company if they accept it.
There are two ways to pay rent with Bilt if your landlord is not in the Bilt network
1. If your landlord accepts checks the bilt card can send your landlord a check.
2. If your landlord accepts ach or online payments BILT can give you a routing and account number
Whether you pay via check or ach it'll charge your Bilt card and you'll earn points
Please be careful about when it says Rent Payments. Only specific rental companies are covered in it.Triple Check with your rental company if they accept it.
I have been having this card since 3/2022. It has 2 methods of rent payments, online payment and sending physical check. For your online payment it gives you an account number and a routing number. So you pay like your own checking account. You can also pay your rent even with a physical check. You give the address of recipient to the bank and they send the landlord a check and you earn points. I used both ways successfully for my landlord in NY who was an individual and received the physical check and for landlord in CA which was a company and got the payment onlline.
Please keep in mind that you have to have at least 5 transactions other than rent in a billing cycle to earn the points! (I buy half price vanilla cones from Mc Donalds x 5
I got fraudulent charges even before I received my physical card. There are tons of Reddit threads about fraud with this card
It happened to me after some months. No fraudulent transactions went through. Anyways I called and they replaced my card with a new number. The good thing is that it's a wells-fargo card.
I have been trying it since 3/2022.
I keep getting the points but 100 points is no longer equal to 1$. They are around 50c.
Just wanted to let you guys know that as well.
I have been having this card since 3/2022. It has 2 methods of rent payments, online payment and sending physical check. For your online payment it gives you an account number and a routing number. So you pay like your own checking account. You can also pay your rent even with a physical check. You give the address of recipient to the bank and they send the landlord a check and you earn points. I used both ways successfully for my landlord in NY who was an individual and received the physical check and for landlord in CA which was a company and got the payment onlline.
Please keep in mind that you have to have at least 5 transactions other than rent in a billing cycle to earn the points! (I buy half price vanilla cones from Mc Donalds x 5
I had one question and was wondering if anyone has experienced it.
If your Bilt card is blocked and your rent payment is due (which was set up using the ACH number) then will the payment go through? I asked the customer care but they were not able to answer. Trying to see if we have any real world experiences.
The speed at which this card is getting compromised/blocked it is very likely that many will face this situation.
Another point - will having the Bilt protect ON (meaning pull from the bank account directly) be helpful in such cases where the card is blocked?
I just went through this process, and this will not affect your rent payments if you set up the ACH transfer using the dummy routing/checking numbers, since these numbers don't change even when your account number is changed after a fraud alert. The time between reporting the fraud and getting/activating the new card is tricky though because any transactions will not go through, so if your rent payment falls within that time period, best bet is to find another way to pay rent for that month.
Seems like it. I can't find anywhere that they go into what "rent" or "rental property" are. It does say you can't pay more than one rental property per month though.
I wouldn't think a company would open themselves up to such abuse, there has to be a catch. I wonder if they report the transactions - e.g. if you send yourself $20k/yr in "rent", are you liable to report that as income?
This seems like quite a lot of effort for $200 back
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If your Bilt card is blocked and your rent payment is due (which was set up using the ACH number) then will the payment go through? I asked the customer care but they were not able to answer. Trying to see if we have any real world experiences.
The speed at which this card is getting compromised/blocked it is very likely that many will face this situation.
Another point - will having the Bilt protect ON (meaning pull from the bank account directly) be helpful in such cases where the card is blocked?
Your Bilt Mastercard has been delivered!
As a thank you for being a Bilt Member, we're excited to offer you 5X points on all of your eligible purchases (excluding rent) for the next 5 days starting..
lets say your rent is $1k per month and you will pay rent for 10 years.... that is 120K in rent paid and that is $1,200.00 benifit. Not to shabby.
1)credit slot used
2) annoying 5 transactions a month
3)they can nerf the benefits at anytime
4)high levels of fraudulent activity
There are two ways to pay rent with Bilt if your landlord is not in the Bilt network
1. If your landlord accepts checks the bilt card can send your landlord a check.
2. If your landlord accepts ach or online payments BILT can give you a routing and account number
Whether you pay via check or ach it'll charge your Bilt card and you'll earn points
Please keep in mind that you have to have at least 5 transactions other than rent in a billing cycle to earn the points! (I buy half price vanilla cones from Mc Donalds x 5
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I keep getting the points but 100 points is no longer equal to 1$. They are around 50c.
Just wanted to let you guys know that as well.
Please keep in mind that you have to have at least 5 transactions other than rent in a billing cycle to earn the points! (I buy half price vanilla cones from Mc Donalds x 5
If your Bilt card is blocked and your rent payment is due (which was set up using the ACH number) then will the payment go through? I asked the customer care but they were not able to answer. Trying to see if we have any real world experiences.
The speed at which this card is getting compromised/blocked it is very likely that many will face this situation.
Another point - will having the Bilt protect ON (meaning pull from the bank account directly) be helpful in such cases where the card is blocked?
I just went through this process, and this will not affect your rent payments if you set up the ACH transfer using the dummy routing/checking numbers, since these numbers don't change even when your account number is changed after a fraud alert. The time between reporting the fraud and getting/activating the new card is tricky though because any transactions will not go through, so if your rent payment falls within that time period, best bet is to find another way to pay rent for that month.
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I wouldn't think a company would open themselves up to such abuse, there has to be a catch. I wonder if they report the transactions - e.g. if you send yourself $20k/yr in "rent", are you liable to report that as income?