Richard Kerr travel tips

The Bilt Rewards program has been on a roll for the last few years, launching lucrative promotions and adding new partners, all while enabling its members to earn points on rent (up to 100,000 points in a calendar year) with the no-annual-fee Bilt Mastercard® (see rates and fees).

TPG founder Brian Kelly is a Bilt adviser and investor.

If you have the Bilt Mastercard® (see rates and fees), you are likely familiar with at least one monthly Bilt Rent Day promotion. After all, cardmembers earn double Bilt Points on nonrent purchases on the first day of each month as long as they use their card at least five times per statement period (see rewards and benefits).

Bilt Rewards is launching an unprecedented transfer bonus to Alaska Airlines for one day only, allowing members to get up to 100 percent more miles.

Bilt apologized April 10 after some Bilt Rewards members received an alarming email notice from Bilt Legal that their accounts were in jeopardy due to misuse. And there's good news for those who may have transferred their points out just in case.