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Old Aug 6, 2024 | 7:50 pm
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Originally Posted by gudugan
If you live in a property that has a partnership with Bilt (https://www.biltalliance.com, they claim 4M+ properties), I think you can pay directly with the app without the credit card. I don’t live in one so maybe someone else can provide more color.
You can also link your non-Bilt credit or debit card to Bilt and earn purchases on restaurants. Similarly, you can also earn points on Lyft.
Lastly, you can pay rent with a non-Bilt credit card and pay a 3% fee. You earn 250 points by doing this but it isn’t advisable.
Originally Posted by notquiteaff
I wonder how many non-renter people are there like yours truly who created an account a while ago (maybe mid/early 2023) with the idea of perhaps signing up for the credit card and in the meantime played the rent day trivia game to earn a few points every month. I never ended up getting the card, but transferred around 5000 points to AS recently (life changing, I know). And I did it twice because I also managed an account for my wife.
Originally Posted by Dr Jabadski
Without commenting about “don't get full points for their rent”, Bilt Rewards is (basically) a loyalty rewards program with transferable points, like Chase UR and AmEx MR. The Bilt Credit Card is 1 way to earn points in the program. “NON BILT credit card holders” can earn and transfer/redeem Bilt Rewards points.
SADLY, none of these explain why only 15% of BILT users have got the credit card because that's the only mechanism that gets you 1 point per $1 of rent. The avg rent in the USA is $2K, which means an easy 24,000 points each year. Why do 85% of BILT users choose to forego this?
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