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💳 100% transfer bonus to Alaska Airlines
We’ve seen some pretty solid transfer bonuses so far in 2024… But none of them are as good as this next one…
On July 1st only, Bilt Rewards is offering a transfer bonus to Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan ranging from 25% to 100%.
As with previous Bilt Rent Days, this is an amazing deal.
You may remember a few months ago when I told you about Alaska Airlines revamping its program to offer some new tasty sweet spots.
This transfer bonus just sweetens the pot even more… Here is what you can expect based on your level of Bilt elite status:
Bilt Status | Transfer Bonus |
|---|---|
Platinum | 100% |
Gold | 75% |
Silver | 50% |
Blue (no status) | 25% |
As you can see, you’ll get a 25% bonus even if you just have a free Bilt account (Blue membership tier).
But what does this transfer bonus mean in practice?
Well, for starters, you can use Alaska miles to book flights on American Airlines for as few as 4,500 miles one-way.
If you get a 100% transfer bonus, that means you can fly around the U.S. for as few as 2,250 Bilt points each way… which is INSANE.
Even if you are only a Blue member, you could still book these flights for 3,600 Bilt points.
But Alaska has a ton of other sweet spots, too.
For example, you can fly in QSUITES on Qatar Airways from Doha to Mumbai for 15,000 Alaska miles, as you can see from Alaska’s new award chart:
With a 100% bonus, you’d be able to try out Qsuites for just 7,500 Bilt points, which is by far the cheapest way to fly one of the world’s best products!
Don’t forget that Alaska also has occasional award sales, too.
A few months ago, they were selling flights from the U.S. to Fiji and Tahiti for 20,000 miles each way. 👇
The full 100% bonus here could book you a flight like that for 10,000 miles.
Need I say more?
This all just goes to show why Bilt is a program most people should engage with, especially if you rent in the U.S. Having a fat stack of Alaska miles can take you VERY far, whether traveling in the U.S. or beyond.
Oh… and if it wasn’t clear - this deal is only available for ONE day on July 1st. So mark your calendars now and make sure you don’t miss out.
🏨 Get free top-tier hotel status
This is a fun one… There’s currently an amazing offer from a hotel program that we have never really talked about…
Right now, Preferred Hotels is offering 12 months of free Titanium elite status to new members who sign up for their loyalty program.
Before we get into the good stuff, let me give you a bit of background on the hotel chain itself…
Preferred Hotels is a rather small collection of about 700 hotels around the world that all participate in a loyalty program that they call “I Prefer Hotel Rewards”.
While the other big programs have things like co-branded credit cards, frequent promotions, milestone rewards, and large footprints, Preferred Hotels doesn’t really offer any of them…
But if you start off with Titanium status (their highest elite tier), it could absolutely make sense to book stays with them.
Here’s how this new deal works:
Use this link to sign up for a new account. On the form, you should see a code already populated in the “Promo Code” field, as in the above image.
I tried this myself and was pleased to see that within minutes, I had a new account with my Titanium elite benefits listed right on my profile.
As you can see, these benefits are actually meaningful, including perks like:
Room upgrades
Early check-in
Late check-out
Welcome amenity
Bonus points
Food and beverage voucher
In other words, you’ll get all of the sweet benefits that we normally need to work REALLY hard for with other programs…
And while their footprint is much smaller than the other big programs, they do have quite a few nice-looking properties in the U.S. and abroad.
There’s no telling how long this offer will be around, so here’s my advice:
Sign up for an account, get the free titanium status, and maybe you’ll get some use out of it in the next year.
If not, you haven’t really lost anything except for a couple minutes of your time. 🤷🏼♂️
Oh, Marriott… *sigh*
The hotel brand that I perpetually have a love-hate relationship with. But honestly… I’ll always love them. And I think that’s why I also hate them so much 😒
But it’s true. Marriott, in general, is great.
They have some of the best hotel credit cards in the business that give you tons of opportunities to earn valuable Marriott points.
They also have a solid elite system with plenty of perks and benefits, and if you’re dying to know all the ins and outs of Marriott Bonvoy, then check out our latest YouTube video 👇
Brendan walks us through some of the very best, good-to-know deets of their program, so you definitely don’t want to skip over this one!
That’s all for today, my friends!
Free hotel elite status and a 100% transfer bonus to a solid airline program?? Today is a beautiful day.
And tomorrow will be just as good. See you then. ❤️
