Game changing transfer bonuses - The Bilt card ain’t just for renters anymore | Ep240 | 2-3-24

Frequent Miler on the Air

Frequent Miler

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture, Aviation

4.9 • 640 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

On this week's Frequent Miler on the Air, Greg and Nick talk about some game-changing transfer bonuses that have got them thinking..."The Bilt card ain’t just for renters anymore"

(00:00:00) - Start

(00:01:12) - Giant Mailbag (Bilt transfer bonuses are bogus)

(00:04:18) - Card Talk (Big changes to Delta Credit cards...)

(00:13:29) - Crazy Thing: (Dany says "I’ve had a Chase Ink $95 card for 10 years and this year they sent out a 10 year gift of coffee and some treats from a veteran owned company. Today I got the 1099 in the mail for it!")

(00:15:54) - Mattress Running the Numbers (IHG promo: Earn 40k bonus points every 4 nights at Iberostar properties)

(00:18:48) - Award Talk (Award Discover Tools)

(00:24:34) - Main Event (Game changing transfer bonuses)

(00:24:34) - Old advice: the fee free Bilt card is GREAT for renters but with limited ways to earn points, it’s not great for points & miles hobbyists.

(00:25:19) - New advice: Bilt is great for points & miles hobbyists too

(00:33:04) - Bilt Card Overview

Read more about this card: https://frequentmiler.com/Bilt

(00:35:00) - Bilt elite status / transfer bonuses

(00:39:15) - Is there a Bilt welcome bonus?

(00:42:01) - Earn points primarily through card spend

(00:46:20) - Sample strategy for Silver status

(00:48:21) - Sample strategy for Gold status

(00:50:46) - Strategy for Platinum status

(00:56:23) - Who should consider this?

(01:03:34) - Downsides & risks

(1:05:47) - Question of the Week

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0:00.0	This is a Voyescape podcast.
0:04.0	You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com.
0:10.8	Let's get into the giant mailbag.
0:13.6	What crazy thing did?
0:15.9	City this week.
0:17.5	It's time for mattress running the numbers.
0:19.9	Ready for the main event?
0:21.1	The main event.
0:22.4	Frequent Myler on the air starts now.
0:27.4	Frequent Myler on the air starts now.
0:30.3	Today's main event, game-changing transfer bonuses.
0:34.5	The built card ain't just for renters anymore. Sure isn't. I initially, back of the day,
0:42.2	said this is a great card if you're renting, but it didn't make a lot of sense to me as a non-renter.
0:47.8	And I'm when you know it, nowadays there's one in my household because like Greg said,
0:53.2	it's not just for renters. In fact, it's great for renters, but man, I think it's going to work out for a lot of people. It's certainly working for us. But we'll talk more about that. We'll get more into that during the rest of the show. But don't forget that you can find the show notes. If you expand the description box, you'll find timestamps and hopefully links to those timestamps.
1:11.1	So you can jump around if you want to move ahead to a specific segment or you want to come
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1:19.4	Leave a comment.
1:20.5	Those things help other people find the show too.
1:22.5	So we appreciate that.
1:24.3	Okay, Greg, drag out this week's Giant Mailbag.
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