Bilt Rewards is a unique credit card rewards program that allows members to earn points on rent payments without paying transaction fees. Members with the Bilt World Elite Mastercard® Credit Card can also earn Bilt Points on non-rent spending, including bonuses on dining and travel purchases.

One way to redeem these points for travel expenses is to transfer Bilt Rewards points to airline and hotel loyalty programs. Prominent Bilt transfer partners include American Airlines AAdvantage, United MileagePlus, Emirates Skywards, World of Hyatt and the company’s newest transfer partner: Marriott Bonvoy.

Bilt airline and hotel transfer partners

Bilt Rewards members can transfer their points to airline frequent flyer programs and hotel loyalty programs. Notably, Bilt's list of transfer partners includes the American Airlines AAdvantage program — which is exclusive to Bilt.

American Airlines is not a transfer partner of any other major credit card rewards programs, including American Express Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards and Capital One miles, so usually the most common ways to earn AAdvantage miles is by actually spending with the airline or on its co-branded credit cards.

Bilt members can transfer points to the following airline and hotel loyalty programs at a rate of 1:1.

Complete list of Bilt transfer partners

Aer Lingus AerClub.

Air Canada Aeroplan.

Air France / KLM Flying Blue.

American Airlines AAdvantage.

Asia Miles.

Avianca LifeMiles.

British Airways Executive Club (Avios).

Emirates Skywards.

Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles.

Iberia Plus (Avios).

IHG Rewards.

Turkish Miles&Smiles.

United MileagePlus.

Virgin Points (not Virgin Atlantic).

World of Hyatt.

Beyond the 1:1 transfer ratio, for every 20,000 points transferred to Marriott in a single transaction, Bilt Rewards members will receive an additional 5,000 Marriott Bonvoy points.

How to earn Bilt Rewards points

Though Bilt Rewards members can technically earn some points for rent spending without a credit card, the earnings accumulate much faster with the Bilt World Elite Mastercard® Credit Card.

With a $0 annual fee, cardholders earn 1 Bilt Rewards point per dollar spent on rent (up to 100,000 points in a calendar year) without paying any extra transaction fees. If necessary, Bilt will charge you for your rent and then send a check to your landlord on your behalf.

Bilt cardholders also earn:

3 points per dollar on dining.

2 points per dollar on travel booked directly through a hotel, airline, or car rental agency.

1 point per dollar on all other purchases.

Members must use the card on five transactions within each statement period to earn points.

On the first of the month — which the company calls “Rent Day” — Bilt cardmembers earn double points on non-rent categories, including 6 points per dollar on restaurants, 4 points per dollar on travel and 2 points per dollar on other purchases. There are usually other promotions as well on Rent Day.

How to transfer Bilt Rewards

The easiest way to transfer Bilt Rewards points to partner loyalty programs is in the Bilt Rewards app.

After logging in, navigate to the “Travel” tab.

From there, select “Flights” or “Hotels.” Then scroll down and select a specific loyalty program. At that point, you’ll be able to enter your partner loyalty number to link your loyalty account with your Bilt Rewards account. You’ll get 100 Bilt points for each loyalty program you link.

Then you can enter however many points you’d like to transfer.