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In this video, I want to talk about BILT,
the very popular rewards program for earning points
on rent, mortgages, restaurants, and more, adding a new partner.
This partner offers yet another way
that you can earn and redeem points with BILT,
and you don't need to have the BILT credit card
to use this partner. This is open to all BILT members.
I'll explain it all in this video.
Hey, credit warriors, welcome to the show.
My name is Ben Hedges, aka The Credit Shifu,
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But let's get into it.
So this new partner is Lowe's Home Improvement Stores.
And this has been added through BILT's Neighborhood OS platform.
And it's live now.
So if you go to the left-hand side of your BILT Online account
and you click Neighborhood,
you will then see the option at the top of the screen.
You can then go ahead and link your account
or create an account with Lowe's if you're
not already a Lowe's member.
I already had one, so linking
my account took like 10 seconds and I was in.
So what can you do with a Lowe's account linked to BILT?
You will be able to earn one BILT point per dollar
on Lowe's purchases on top of what you earn
on whatever credit card you use.
And at the same time, you will still earn Lowe's money
from the Lowe's loyalty program.
So basically you're triple dipping on rewards.
Now, what about using built points or built cash at Lowe's?
Well, as part of this partnership,
you can now use built cash at Lowe's,
but just not to randomly buy stuff.
Here's what it says.
Redeem up to $99 of built cash once per year towards
a Lowe's Home Care Plus subscription,
subject to availability, auto-renews for $99 a year.
Now, although this doesn't have
an easy-to-figure-out cash value like, you know,
oh, just redeem $100 of built cash for $100 of merchandise,
it is actually quite a good deal.
You see, Lowe's Home Care Plus allows you to choose up
to seven maintenance tasks to be done twice a year.
for $99.
These are the tasks that you can choose from on screen here,
or you can just choose all of them to be done.
A lot of them could be done yourself,
like changing your HVAC filter or whatever,
but something like flushing out an electric water heater
is a little more time consuming
and you need a little bit of know-how to do it.
And it would definitely cost more than $100
if you got a professional to come out and do it.
So if you are looking for a use
for your pile of built cash before it expires,
and you are the sort of person
who isn't that handy with home maintenance,
This could be a good option.
Just remember, it auto-renews,
so if you don't have BILT cash
to redeem for it a second time,
or if built deletes it as an option,
remember to cancel if you don't think it's worth paying for.
Now, I think being able to earn built cash at Lowe's
is the more exciting part.
You may not go to Lowe's that often,
but if you do,
It might be for a large purchase,
like you're purchasing a lawnmower or a snowblower or a water heater.
You might be spending $1,000, and that is now 1,000 BILT points on top
of what you earn from your card and from the Lowe's loyalty program.
And this is now just another place where you can earn extra points
from Built to add to the list,
after Walgreens and restaurants through the Built Dining Program
and obviously mortgage and rent payments.
Now, if you are interested in built and not yet a member,
Do sign up through my link below.
It's totally free and you'll then be able to take advantage
after you've linked your Lowe's account
of that one extra point per dollar at Lowe's
and also the other things like the Built Dining Program
which gives you on average three extra points per dollar
at all of their restaurants.
It works great with the Chase Freedom Flex this quarter
which is offering seven points per dollar at restaurants.
So three extra from Built
takes you to 10 points per dollar on dining.
Link for that is below.
Don't forget to link your card
that you're going to use for dining
so you can actually earn points.
Oh, and link your Lyft account too
because you get extra points on Lyft rides.
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