Tag: Bilt Palladium
The best card combo for domestic travelers
We recently received an excellent question via the giant mailbag. I started outlining an answer for a "question of the week" podcast, but quickly...
Analysis paralysis: Which way to pay for a 2-night hotel stay?
Hotel credits have become rather ubiquitous on travel rewards credit cards. I would say that I'm swimming in hotel credits, but the truth is...
Targeted Bilt cardholder promo: 10K bonus points after $1k in spend
Bilt Rewards is targeting some cardholders with a nice little spending offer: a bonus of 10K points after spending $1,000 on the card within...
Is the Bilt Palladium card worth its $495 annual fee? | Coffee Break Ep105...
With most ultra-premium cards it's possible to simply add up how much you value each perk and see if it meets or exceeds the...
(Update: Just a glitch) Bilt Palladium & Citi Strata Elite Priority Passes now includes...
Further update: Unfortunately this was too good to be true and it does look like this is a glitch after all. Richard Kerr of...
90K Bilt points through welcome bonuses
Until recently, there weren't many opportunities to earn many Bilt points through welcome bonuses. People previously earned Bilt points primarily through credit card spend,...
Targeted Bilt cardholder promo: Earn +5 points on gas & EV charging (1K max...
Bilt Rewards is targeting some cardholders with a nice little spending offer that's giving an additional five points per dollar on gas and EV...
(Update: Refunds being issued) Bilt 2.0 is charging 0.2% foreign transaction fees despite claiming...
Update 3/24/26: Per Doctor of Credit, affected cardholders have started seeing statement credits for the foreign transaction fees hitting their accounts. If you were...
Good & bad Bilt changes: Easier status earning, but possibly up to $400 in...
Bilt recently updated the terms and conditions for its suite of credit cards. Among those changes there's a positive update for two player households...
My revised Bilt 2 plan (Bilt 2, Take 2)
When Bilt 2.0 details were first released, I posted my plans for maximizing earnings with the Bilt Palladium card (see: My take on Bilt...
Bilt cards being frozen, 5x not being honored. (Update: Bilt investigating case-by-case)
Update 2/13:26: Yesterday, Bilt sent an email to members saying that cardholders who were affected by any of the problems with the 5x promo listed...
(Update) Did you get the Bilt 5x offer? Confirm it before doing your spending.
Update 1 pm EST: Bilt sent out a bunch of emails about 15 minutes ago, supposedly confirming who had the 5x offer attached to...
Bilt Rent Day double points to continue through Jan 2027
Bilt has extended the end date for existing cardholders who wish to make the "seamless" transition to Bilt 2.0 cards to 2/1/26, so if...
Bilt 2.0 rewards you most when you spend less
OK, I promise that this is my last Bilt post for some time - or at least until it makes its next major program...
