{"id":7362,"date":"2024-01-05T21:07:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T21:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mer.tours\/how-to-earn-interest-on-your-bilt-rewards-points-balance\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T21:07:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T21:07:36","slug":"how-to-earn-interest-on-your-bilt-rewards-points-balance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelaffiliatewebsite.com\/mer\/how-to-earn-interest-on-your-bilt-rewards-points-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"How to earn ‘interest’ on your Bilt Rewards points balance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you collect points or miles in an airline or hotel loyalty program, you’ve probably confronted a grim reality: The longer you hold on to them, the less they’re generally worth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You’ve probably heard the term “devaluation” thrown around. A simpler way to think of it is as inflation. Inflation causes the price of gas to go up, and a different type of inflation causes the price of award travel to go up. Just like your grandparents may remember when a gallon of milk cost a dollar, aging road warriors will remember when 25,000 miles could get you a round-trip ticket to Hawaii on just about any date you picked.<\/p>\n

Airline and hotel loyalty programs will inevitably increase the cost of awards, but the Bilt Rewards<\/a> program pays its elite members “interest” on their unredeemed points balances. In a way, this may let you protect yourself from award inflation. Here’s how it works.<\/p>\n

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Earning interest on your Bilt Rewards points balance<\/h2>\n
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