I set up BillPay. I don't feel like this process is any different but just adds extra unnecessary steps. I don't think it tested my linked bank account's balance (I'm using BiltProtect still as I don't really want a hard pull for a credit limit increase at the moment)

I'll add an anecdote that I don't think the proportion of Platinum and Gold members in their target audience is very high. Today on March 27th you can book a free fitness at 10:50AM ET for Platinum and Gold members and 11:00AM ET for Silver and Blue members. At 10:59AM ET, only a few spots were filled in the NYC classes and maybe one spot here and there in other locations. The app experiences a large slowdown then when everyone tries to book at once - popular classes fill up almost immediately at 11:00AM ET while the rest fill up in the next 45 minutes (at 11:41 ET there are still a handful of spots left).

Obviously not everyone cares about fitness classes, but I'd assume Platinum and Gold members in the target Bilt demographic of "rich NYC millenial" would want to sign up. However, it is possible that this demographic already pays for classes so the Bilt benefit is worthless to them. Or many Platinum/Gold members made it through MS and aren't interested in fitness classes.

Bilt's integration with Plaid (software that connects bank accounts to other services) has been killed. I'm trying to add the new BillPay routing/checking numbers to my housing portal (you have to do the manual deposit way because Plaid is broken) and nothing is working. I'm going to try using the old numbers since they claimed this doesn't start until the end of April, but a quick heads up for anyone trying to do this.


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I'm a platinum member and have only once tried to book a fitness class through Bilt. Most rent days fall in the middle of the week and I assume most people have jobs. It's great for folks who are able to get away to do a fitness class in the middle of a weekday though!

when setting autopay with billpay, what should i put for name on account? thanks

Transferred all my points to BA.
I relinked the BillPay today and it has been fixed with Plaid. Shows up as a checking account with $50,000 balance. COLUMN N.A.: Checking Account Ending in XXXX

Believe it should be your own name?

im not sure as the account and routing number is from bilt? i didnt need this info for my rent payment, so idk. i guess i will enter my name and in the worst case scenario it just dont work

What's the turnaround time on applications these days?
Just applied in-app and all I got was an email saying they would get back to me with a decision.

Applied around 230pm on April 14th, received an email from WF a few minutes later that my application was under review.
Hard pulls didn't hit my credit file for about an hour (got notifications/emails from several credit apps/services).

Just got an email response today, the 16th, that I've been approved for $20k CL.

Has anyone done the new process? Does it really have to be done within 5 days of paying rent?

For those of us who have previously paid rent or condo fees for a non-partner property with no online management portal via a hard copy ACH (pull) form, anyone willing and able to write a step-by-step procedure (“like I’m a 6 year old”) for the new process? (Yes, I’m aware that I’m asking to be spoon fed which some people are loath to do* for any number of reasons including time commitment. Please note that I spent a great deal of time writing the comprehensive original WikiPost for this thread.)

Thank you.

(* The correct phrase is "loath to do". "Loath" is an adjective meaning reluctant or unwilling, while "loathe" is a verb meaning to dislike intensely. The phrase "loath to do" means unwilling to do something.)

BREAK

I’ve spent wasted a fair amount of time on this. Seems like all these emails and notifications are simply an extraordinarily long and confusing way of stating “as of May 1st you’ll need to use new account and routing numbers”.

FWIW I just got an email that they're finally supporting rent payments on Zillows renter hub... for the past 2.5 years I've had to manually email Bilt each month with a screen shot of the rent payment I made WITHOUT using BIlt since their system wasn't compatible, and they'd manually credit the points each month.

Allegedly it'll work now, though only with that "you have to authorize the specific amount 5 days in advance each time" thing or it'll be rejected. Won't know for sure for another 9 days when I get within 5 days of due date though.

A technical error apparently revealed JAL as an upcoming transfer partner. Will be interesting if that actually happens.

LOL, I'm not interested in Southwest points. No way.

Others will be interested. Here is the announcement: https://www.biltrewards.com/p/southwest

The number of partners being added is very impressive. How do they manage to do these when others cannot?

What I've seen from interviews with both loyalty program folks and Bilt folks is that Bilt is able to offer access to a very different consumer demographic from the other programs — you're getting very young, typically urban affluent, consumers that are a premium to reach