(EXPIRED) Bilt Rent Day: 2K free points and March Madness tickets

Earlier this week, Bilt set out a number of benefit options in a playoff-style “Bilt Bracket”, with members voting daily to eventually pick the March 1st Rent Day benefit. The winner was the ability for Bilt members to earn 1,000 points by linking a credit or debit card to their Bilt account. This is now live in the Rent Day tab on the app; you can add up to two cards for 2,000 total points.

Bilt Platinum and Gold members have access to both the winner (1,000 points for adding a credit or debit card) and the runner up, which is earning 5x when using their Bilt Mastercard at grocery stores today only. That benefit is capped at 2,000 total bonus points,

Going along with this month’s March Madness theme, members also have a chance to redeem points for NCAA men’s basketball tournament tickets.

The Deal

• All Bilt Rewards members will receive 1,000 points for adding a credit or debit card to their Bilt account. This can be done twice for 2,000 total points.
• Platinum and Gold Bilt members will also get 5x when using their Bilt Mastercard at grocery stores.
  • Valid for purchases made on 3/1/24 only, up to a total of 2,000 bonus points.

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Other Rent Day Deals

• Redeem Bilt points for NCAA Men’s Sweet 16, Elite Eight, and Final Four games
  • Bilt Rewards is also offering the opportunity to redeem points or cash for tickets to the Men’s NCAA basketball tournament (Sweet 16, Elite Eight, and Final Four rounds in Dallas, Detroit, Boston, Los Angeles, and Phoenix). Tickets start at 15,000 Bilt points or $200 each.
  • Tickets must be booked in the Bilt app.

It’s worth noting that Capital One also had cardholder exclusive tickets to both the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments last year. If you have Capital One miles and want to go to either tournament, it might be worth keeping an eye on their cardholder exclusives as well.

• Bilt Spending Offer
  • Earn double points on the Bilt Mastercard (up to 10,000 bonus points) on 3/1/24:
    • Dining – 6x points (normally 3x)
    • Travel – 4x points (normally 2x)
    • All other spend excluding rent – 2x points (normally 1x)
• Point Quest Trivia
  • You can earn extra Bilt Points by answering trivia on “Point Quest” in the Bilt app on February 1st.  Answer 5 questions, and you win up to 150 Bilt Points. Answer all 5 questions correctly and you’ll get access to a bonus question for another 100 Bilt Points to win a total of 250 Bilt Points.
• “Rent Free” Game Show
  • On the Rent Day tab in the app, members can guess the top three answers to questions that were asked to 1,000 Bilt members
  • Each member will get one entry into the free rent sweepstakes for each correct answer they get (up to three entries max, maximum of $2,500 per person)
• Monthly Rent Giveaway
  • Enter for a chance to have next month’s rent paid for. For your chance to win, submit your name, home address and e-mail address to rentdayride.giveaway@biltrewards.com.
  • Winner will be notified via Instagram
• SoulCycle and Rent Sweepstakes
  • Bilt members can take a free class at SoulCycle locations nationwide on February 1st. Each class has up to ten free spots for Bilt members. Free classes are offered on a first-come, first-served basis and can booked in the app starting January 29th.

Quick Thoughts

This month’s promo is obviously far less interesting than the massive airline program transfer bonuses that Bilt has been running recently. Still, it’s an easy one for everybody to take part in, given that all you have to do to get the points is link a credit or debit card to your account. If you don’t want to leave the cards linked, you can always remove them once you’ve received the points.

The additional perk of 5x at grocery stores for Gold and Diamond members is also limited at 2,000 bonus points, putting it firmly in the “better than nothing, but not incredibly exciting” category. If you have the card and can easily stop by a grocery store today, there’s no reason not to take advantage of it. You’ll hit the 2,000 point max at $500, so there’s no need to go beyond that…just remember to hit your 5 monthly transactions in order to receive the points.

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