[EXPIRED] It's Back & Even Better: Up To 150% Bilt Transfer Bonus to Air Canada Aeroplan
By John Ta - January 26, 2024
Get ready for an incredible 24 hour-only transfer opportunity this upcoming February 1, 2024 that’ll allow you to get 75-150% more out of your Bilt Points.
On February 1, 2024, Bilt will be running yet another unprecedented 24 hour transfer bonus to Air Canada Aeroplan where Bilt Mastercard® cardholders can get 75% and 150% more on their points (depending on their Bilt Rewards status). Bonus will be based on cardholder status on 02/01/2024, so check your status to see where you’re at today. Transfer bonuses will be rewarded as follows:
BRAND
Bilt Status Tier
Transfer Bonus
Blue
75% (2,000 Bilt Points = 3,500 Aeroplan points_
Silver
100% (1,000 Bilt Point = 2,000 Aeroplan points)
Gold
125% (1,000 Bilt Point = 2,250 Aeroplan points)
Platinum
150% (1,000 Bilt Point = 2,500 Aeroplan points)
For context, this is an incredible offer if you have uses for these transferred points. Aeroplan has never run a transfer bonus of this size outside of Bilt (normally, we see around a 20-30% transfer bonus to Aeroplan from other card issuers). I will repeat: this is an insanely large transfer bonus that we have never seen before.
What else is happening this February 2024 Rent Day?
The Bilt card traditionally runs special promotions the first of every month featuring a wide variety of special bonuses (such as the transfer bonus we talked about above). This rent day, Bilt is also running a Valentine's Day Bilt Experience to help members with taking the stress out of planning Valentine's Day.
All reservations unlock for all Bilt members on February 1st at noon ET and can be booked using Bilt Points or any card in your Bilt wallet. Menus will be decided in advance and promoted in the app at the time of booking. This experience will be available at:
Miami
- Los Fuegos – 7:00pm ET (5 reservations); 9:00 ET (5 reservations)
- Pastis – 6:30pm ET (5 reservations); 9:00pm ET (5 reservations)
Washington DC
- The Saga – 7:00pm ET (5 reservations); 9:00 ET (5 reservations)
- Lyle’s – 7:00pm ET (5 reservations); 8:30 ET (5 reservations)
Los Angeles
- Republique – 7:30pm PT (5 reservations); 9:30 PT (5 reservations)
- Crustacean Beverly Hills – 7:00pm PT (5 reservations); 8:30 PT (5 reservations)
New York
- Meduza – 7:15pm ET (5 reservations); 9:30 ET (5 reservations)
- Sartiano’s – 7:30pm ET (5 reservations); 9:30 ET (5 reservations)
- Sake No Hana – 7:00pm ET (5 reservations); 8:30 ET (5 reservations)
Boston
- Bistro Du Midi – 7:30pm ET (5 reservations); 9:30 ET (5 reservations)
Rent day in general runs these exciting benefits as well:
- Double Points on the First: Cardholders will earn double points on all purchases (excluding rent, which earns 1x), but only on January 1st and ends 11:59 PM PT. A maximum of 10,000 bonus points can be earned and cardholders must still use their card 5 times each statement period to earn points.
- Soulcycle Rent Day Rides: Members can receive a complimentary bike in the special-themed class when booking directly through the Bilt Rewards app beginning December 29th.
- Point Quest® Trivia: Earn extra Bilt Points by answering trivia with Point Quest®, available in the Bilt app only on January 1st.
Is This A Good Use Of My Points?
Yes, in most cases, it definitely can be. However, it’s still critical to compare it to using cash to ensure you’re getting the most value out of your points. Additionally, it's usually recommended you have a planned use case for your points as well, but given how good this transfer bonus, there may be some leeway for that strict ruling as well. Let’s take a look at a few examples at Air Canada bookings.
Air Canada has a fixed reward chart, where their flights are priced based off of distance and four “zones” defined as North America, Atlantic, Pacific, and South America.
Air Canada's award chart is based on 4 zones
What’s interesting is that some smart flyers have identified high value “sweet spots” based off the award chart. For example, on partner flights (e.g. Star Alliance carriers like United Airlines or Singapore Airlines), you could find business flights flying between the North America and Pacific zones that cost only 87,500 Aeroplan points—that’s incredible for a flight that can sometimes cost over $3,500 one way.
This Singapore/Los Angeles flight is among the longest in the world (~8,500 miles flown) serviced by one of the best airlines in the world, but only costs 87,500 Aeroplan points. That’s nearly ~4 cents per point in value for a flight normally seen as unaffordable by many. The only challenge is finding that flight, but that’s where Roame comes in to help. With our SkyView tool, you can set alerts to monitor for when rare award opportunities might arise.
If you consider this transfer bonus in mind, this flight becomes an even more incredible deal. In theory, with Bilt Platinum status, you could fly in business class from Los Angeles to Singapore for just 35,000 Bilt Points. If that doesn't intrigue you, I don't know what will. Even a mistake award fare might even show up priced higher than that.
Another Air Canada sweet spot is flying between the Atlantic and Pacific zones (e.g. flying to/from Europe to Asia). Based on the award chart below, you can see that partner flights between 5,001-7,000 miles cost just 80,000 pts in business class.
Air Canada's award chart is based on 4 zones
This means that you could fly from Frankfurt to Singapore or London to Tokyo for just 80,000 Aeroplan points (or just 32,000 Bilt pts with Platinum status).
What Other Bonuses Has Bilt Run?
Bilt is infamous for running large, lofty transfer bonuses allowing you to maximize the value of your points tremendously. Here are some of the other bonuses Bilt has run in past rent days:
- January 1, 2024: Up to 150% transfer bonus to Air France/KLM Flying Blue, Virgin Atlantic, and IHG One Rewards
- November 1, 2023: Up to 150% transfer bonus to Emirates
- August 1, 2023: Up to 150% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic
- May 1, 2023: Up to 100% transfer bonus to Air France/KLM Flying Blue
Conclusion
Bilt’s upcoming Rent Day is going to be a yet another historic one, featuring point transfer bonuses to Air Canada on a scale we have never seen before. With this transfer opportunity, you can get long haul business class flights for just around 40,000 miles one way—incredible value.
Should I Get The Bilt Card?
The Bilt card is an innovative game-changer in the credit card arena, particularly for renters who could never before earn rewards on their largest monthly expenditure—rent. With no annual fee and strong earning potential (cardholders must place 5 transactions per billing cycle to activate said benefits), this card is definitely worth considering in detail.
