Bilt is the platform known for providing rewards for housing payments. Earlier this year we saw massive changes at Bilt, including an overhaul of the credit card portfolio, plus new ways that housing rewards are offered.
There are many innovative things about Bilt, including that there’s a Bilt Rent Day promotion on the first day of each month. With it now being a new month, I’d like to post a reminder that the May 2026 Bilt Rent Day offer is now live, and it includes a transfer bonus that I think will interest many people. There’s also a way to redeem Bilt Cash for a bigger transfer bonus.
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Details of the May 2026 Bilt Rent Day promotion
There are a couple of aspects to the Bilt Rent Day promotion, including the ability to earn bonus points (which is the same every month), plus at least one additional promotion.
Note that Bilt Rent Day promotions are generally valid from 12:00AM ET until 11:59PM PT, so technically you have around 27 hours to take advantage of them.
Earn double Bilt points on Rent Day purchases
Bilt has a portfolio of credit cards, including the no annual fee Bilt Blue Card, $95 annual fee Bilt Obsidian Card, and $495 Bilt Palladium Card (read my Bilt credit card review & comparison).
On the first day of each month, you earn double those rewards on these cards, and earn up to 1,000 bonus points each month. It could be worth strategically making some purchases on the first day of each month to maximize this as much as possible.
For example, with double points, the Bilt Palladium Card offers 4x points on everyday spending on the first day of the month, so that’s pretty awesome (up to a cap of $500 worth of spending, since that would earn you 1,000 bonus points).
Get up to a 100% transfer bonus on Avios currencies
Exclusively on May 1, 2026, Bilt is offering a 25-100% bonus if you transfer points to one of its Avios partners, which includes British Airways Club, Iberia Club, and Aer Lingus AerClub. The size of the bonus that you get depends on your Bilt elite status. Specifically:
- Bilt Blue members can receive a 40% bonus
- Bilt Silver members can receive a 50% bonus
- Bilt Gold members can receive a 60% bonus
- Bilt Platinum members can receive a 75% bonus
- Members can use $150 in Bilt Cash to upgrade their transfer bonus by one elite tier, and Platinum members can get a transfer bonus of up to 100%
There’s a major restriction here, which we haven’t seen in the past — you can only transfer up to 100,000 base Bilt points during the promotion and quality for the bonus. It doesn’t matter how that’s split between programs, as that’s the maximum across the programs.
For context, Bilt points ordinarily transfer to all Avios currencies at a 1:1 ratio. So with this bonus, you can earn anywhere from 1.4 to 2.0 Avios per Bilt point. Keep in mind that you can move Avios between the various “flavors,” so there’s potentially lots of value to be had, given all the great uses of British Airways Avios, Iberia Avios, Aer Lingus Avios, Qatar Airways Avios, etc.
Bottom line
On the first day of each month, Bilt offers a Rent Day promotion. In addition to earning up to double points for purchases, for May 2026, there’s the opportunity to take advantage of an Avios transfer bonus. The bonus is based on your elite status, and ranges from 40-100%. Members are capped at moving over 100,000 base points with this offer, regardless of how it’s split between programs.
I imagine that this is an offer many people will want to take advantage of, given how flexible Avios are.
Are you taking advantage of the Bilt Rent Day promotion for May 2026?
I can't understand how can I get 100% - I only see 75% max for Platinum
In order to get a 100% bonus, you need to be a Platinum starting off, and then buy your way up to the next (100%) level using Bilt Cash. Since you can only buy up one level, you can’t start out as a Gold.
I’m really concerned that the “normal” transfer bonuses of 25/50/75/100% (depending on Bilt status) have been modified this month to 40/50/60/75%. That may be a good deal for more casual Blue members, but it’s a significant downgrade for the Golds and Platinums. Hopefully, this is a BA-specific variant (like the 100,000 point cap), and not something Bilt intends to repeat.
On the one hand, the transfer cap is annoying. 100k sounds like a lot, but you won’t be getting two r/t tickets in C without going over the cap.
On the other hand, I’m concerned that Bilt really seems to offer outsized value, and I worry about their profitability. Sure, lots of folks are going to use points in suboptimal ways, but if the transfer cap helps to keep their rent day promotions within their...
On the one hand, the transfer cap is annoying. 100k sounds like a lot, but you won’t be getting two r/t tickets in C without going over the cap.
On the other hand, I’m concerned that Bilt really seems to offer outsized value, and I worry about their profitability. Sure, lots of folks are going to use points in suboptimal ways, but if the transfer cap helps to keep their rent day promotions within their budget, it makes it more likely we can still get outsized value (even if it is slightly less than before)
BILT 2.0 has been a mess for many of their customers.
That new transfer-cap is a subtle devaluation... uh oh...
Is it worth B$150 if I'm only going to gain 11,550 aviso? Since I only am going to turn in 77,000
I'd burn excess Bilt Cash ASAP; come December, that stuff is nearly worthless.
Alright so if I'm Gold I can use Bilt cash to change a 60% transfer bonus to 75%. At maximum I'm using $150 of Bilt cash to earn 15,000 points (if I max out the transfer and move 100,000 Bilt points).
Not bad. Certainly beats the random ones we've seen since the Palladium dropped