Bilt Rent Day: Get bonus points and enter to win free rent

Good news for Bilt Rewards members: Dec. 1 is another Bilt Rent Day. This Rent Day, you can play trivia to earn Bilt points, earn double points on non-rent purchases, enjoy a special five-course tasting experience in New York City, go on a Rent Day SoulCycle ride and enter to win free rent by playing the Rent Free game. Plus, you can earn bonus points on Bilt Dining and non-rent purchases that usually earn 1 point per dollar on some purchases ahead of Rent Day.

The Bilt Rewards program is free to join, and you don’t need to have the Bilt Mastercard® (see rates and fees) to participate in most Rent Day offers. Here’s what you need to know about the Dec. 1 Rent Day.

Whether you love or have yet to try the Bilt Dining program, you might want to head to a Bilt Dining restaurant soon. After all, Bilt Rewards members will earn 10 points per dollar when paying with any eligible card linked to their Bilt Wallet at participating Bilt Dining restaurants from Friday through Dec. 1. Check the Bilt Rewards app for participating restaurants.

If you dine at a participating Bilt Dining restaurant on the Dec. 1 Rent Day and pay with your Bilt Mastercard (see rates and fees), you can earn 16 points per dollar due to the stacking of this offer and double points on Rent Day.

You can earn up to 20,000 bonus points before your Bilt Dining earnings drop back to the standard earning rate for each restaurant.

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If you have some shopping to do for the upcoming holidays and want to pay with your Bilt Mastercard (see rates and fees), listen up. From midnight EST on Thursday to 11:59 p.m. PST on Monday, you will earn 2 points per dollar with your Bilt Mastercard on up to $20,000 of non-rent purchases that typically earn 1 point per dollar.

However, several other cards earn at least 2 points per dollar spent on most non-bonus category purchases. So, consider the other cards in your wallet before jumping on these bonus earnings for your holiday shopping.

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If you are a Bilt Mastercard (see rates and fees) holder who lives in New York City (or plans to be in New York City on Dec.1) and are at least 21 years of age, Bilt Rewards and Mastercard have a special event with food, music and art that you may want to attend. The event features a special Italian-themed five-course meal at Lavan Chelsea with dishes from four top Italian restaurants in New York City: Saint Theo’s, Di Fara, A Pasta Bar and La Baia.

You can reserve space for yourself and one guest through the Bilt app starting at noon EST on Saturday. The event is Dec. 1 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. and costs $150 or 12,500 Bilt points per person. You’ll learn immediately whether you’ve secured the experience. Only 40 people can attend the experience, but you can turn on notifications to learn of future openings once the experience is fully booked.

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Earn Bilt points through trivia

If you’re good at trivia, you can boost your Bilt Rewards balance for free on Rent Day.

Bilt gives its members five trivia questions through its app each Rent Day. The questions increase incrementally in difficulty and value. The first question is worth 10 points, the second question is worth 20 points, the third question is worth 30 points, the fourth question is worth 40 points and the fifth question is worth 50 points.

If you get all five questions correct, Bilt will unlock a sixth question worth an extra 100 points. You could earn 250 Bilt points through trivia each Rent Day if you correctly answer all six questions.

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Extra Bilt points on non-rent purchases

As on previous Bilt Rent Days, you’ll earn double points when you use your Bilt Mastercard (see rates and fees) to make non-rent purchases between midnight EST and 11:59 p.m. PST on Dec. 1. You’ll earn as follows for purchases each Rent Day:

• Dining: 6 points per dollar spent
• Travel: 4 points per dollar spent
• Other purchases (excluding rent): 2 points per dollar spent
• Rent: 1 point per dollar spent

You can earn up to 10,000 bonus points on purchases with your Bilt Mastercard each Rent Day. However, you must use your Bilt Mastercard at least five times each statement period to earn points. As mentioned above, you can earn up to 16 points per dollar spent if you dine at a Bilt Dining restaurant this Rent Day and use your Bilt Mastercard to pay.

Related: 6 of the best ways to redeem Bilt Rewards points for maximum value

Rent Free game

For the Aug. 1 Rent Day, Bilt launched a new way to win free rent for a month (up to $2,500): the “Family Feud”-style Rent Free game show. The new game show wasn’t a one-off promotion, so a new creator or personality will play the Rent Free game each month.

The success of the celebrity guest will determine how many Bilt members win free rent that month. The guest for December Rent Day is New York native and food influencer Cug.

For a chance to win a month of free rent paid by Bilt, head to the Bilt app on Rent Day and play the Rent Free game. If you correctly guess three of the most popular answers, you’ll automatically be entered for a chance to win.

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Rent Day SoulCycle rides

As it’s done in previous months, Bilt will offer its monthly Rent Day SoulCycle rides Dec. 1. These rides are 45 minutes long and offer a full-body indoor cycling workout.

Bilt members can enjoy 10 complimentary bikes at each Rent Day Ride class on a first-come, first-served basis when they reserve their ride through the Bilt app. Booking opens Saturday at noon EST, so act quickly if you want to reserve a complimentary bike. Even if you miss out on a complimentary bike, you can still usually book a bike for a Rent Day Ride class on the fitness tab using points or regular payment.

Bilt is also offering up to $2,500 to one rider who participates in a December Rent Day Ride class to cover their monthly rent.

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Bilt offers at least one special promotion each Rent Day in addition to its standard Rent Day offerings. For the Dec. 1 Rent Day, Bilt is offering a special tasting experience in New York City for Bilt Mastercard (see rates and fees) cardholders, more points at Bilt Dining restaurants from Friday through Dec. 1, and double points on purchases that would normally earn 1 point per dollar spent from Thursday through Monday.

Here’s a summary of the promotions we’ve seen on previous Rent Days:

• November 2023: Bilt offered special Bilt Experiences at select restaurants and a status-based transfer bonus to Emirates Skywards.
• October 2023: Bilt launched Bilt Experiences at three professional football games and offered 5 points per dollar spent on eligible sports tickets (up to 10,000 bonus points).
• September 2023: Bilt expanded its Rent Day Rides to every SoulCycle studio across the U.S., with 10 complimentary bikes per class. For the Sept. 1 Rent Day, Bilt also paid a month of rent (up to $2,500) for one rider in each Rent Day Ride class.
• August 2023: There was a 75% to 150% transfer bonus to Virgin Red based on your Bilt status tier Aug. 1.
• July 2023: You could activate a $10 Lyft ride credit if you were a Bilt member without a Bilt Mastercard or a $20 Lyft ride credit if you had a Bilt Mastercard by the end of July 1. Plus, you could get an additional $5 credit if you activated the offer, had Bilt set as your active Lyft loyalty partner and took a Lyft ride July 1.
• June 2023: Everyone won a gift of Bilt points, points to use toward the Bilt Collection, Lyft ride credit, free rent or round-trip award flights when they solved the June 1 Rent Day Challenge puzzle.
• May 2023: There was a 100% transfer bonus to Air France-KLM Flying Blue on May 1.
• April 2023: Bilt members could enroll between March 28 and April 1 to obtain World of Hyatt Explorist status for 90 days and then keep Explorist status through February 2025 by staying 10 qualifying nights between April 17 and July 16. Alternatively, members could unlock Globalist status through February 2025 by staying 20 qualifying nights between April 17 and July 16. Bilt also hosted members-only social events at three Hyatt properties on April 1.
• March 2023: You could get a 50% bonus when you redeemed points toward Amazon purchases March 1; 50% off all items in the Bilt Collection on March 1.
• February 2023: You could get a 100% transfer bonus to HawaiianMiles on Feb. 1; Bilt launched its exclusive five-piece capsule collection with SoulCycle.
• January 2023: Bilt introduced trivia to Rent Day: Bilt offered its members 10 trivia questions worth 50 points each and an additional question worth 100 points if you got all 10 questions correct Jan. 1.
• December 2022: You could get a 100% transfer bonus to IHG One Rewards on Dec. 1 and double points on non-rent spending from 12:01 a.m. PST on Nov. 25 to 11:59 p.m. PST on Dec. 1.
• November 2022: Bilt members could enroll in a complimentary United Airlines Premier status challenge between Oct. 27 and Nov. 1. Bilt Blue tier members could get Premier Silver, while Bilt Silver, Gold and Platinum tier members could get Premier Gold. Premier status was valid for 120 days, but you could extend your status through Jan. 31, 2024, by getting 1,000 Premier qualifying points and 4 Premier qualifying flights for Premier Silver and 2,000 PQPs and 6 PQFs for Premier Gold.
• October 2022: Bilt launched Rent Day with double points on non-rent spending and themed SoulCycle Rent Day rides Oct. 1.

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But this time, Bilt Rewards members may also want to act ahead of the Dec. 1 Rent Day to snag bonus earnings or a special tasting experience in New York City. I expect the tasting experiences in New York City will sell out, so be online to book when reservations open Saturday at noon EST if you have the Bilt Mastercard (see rates and fees) and want to attend.

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