👋 Hi Reader,

Hope your first week of February has been great so far! Here are some highlights from today's newsletter:

• 💳 Deep dive on Bilt Rewards and new Bilt 2.0 cards
• ✈️ Free 5,000 miles per person from Frontier
• 🛍️ Up to 1,500 bonus miles from airline shopping portals
• 🤩 Free Chipotle, museum tickets, V-day gifts & more
• 🔗 Card-linked offers worth $900+
• 📍 Rove Miles: 7x on hotels, double referral bonus & more
• 🧠 Understand your personality with AI, and more!

If you enjoyed reading, please forward this email to someone else who might too (and if that's you, make sure to subscribe here). Thank you :)

Chris

💳 Deep Dive on Bilt Rewards and New Bilt 2.0 Cards

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Learn how the Bilt ecosystem works, from earning Bilt Rewards to the new cards, transfer partners, perks, and where the real value is. Whether you’re new or already earning, this is a practical guide to using Bilt strategically and avoiding common mistakes.

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📋 My Past Week

Here's a quick recap of what I was up to last week:

• I continued deeper down the rabbit hole of building my AI assistant with OpenClaw by going to the ClawCon meetup in SF. It felt like a throwback to the early Web 2.0 days 20 years ago and I had a great time. I haven't been this excited about a new piece of technology in a long time and can't wait to share more in next week's podcast episode. Also, I wish I could blame my AI assistant for leaving "[description]" in the newsletter last week, but it was my oversight after struggling to describe OpenClaw.
• My wife and I each took our girls on 1:1 dates last weekend and it was so fun. I took one out for donuts and breakfast sandwiches and then swapped and took the other to play laser tag. We got paired with a 7-year old boy's birthday group, but she still thought it was amazing (mostly because it felt like outer space and she wants to be an astronaut right now). I clearly missed the memo on how adults should play, because the results left me and every kid with 100 points each and the other Dads ~18,000.
• One of my favorite cocktails is the Paper Plane (equal parts Bourbon, Amaro, Aperol and lemon) and it's my go to for anytime we have people over (or just want to make a drink ourselves). So I'm excited that we finally got this set of Nick & Nora glasses, which seems to be the perfect sized glass for the drink.
• It was so much fun to see our girls be so excited for dinner because of these 3D printed fork/chopsticks we made. Unfortunately, we quickly learned that the PLA material we made them with can't withstand the heat of the dishwasher AND has small grooves that are perfect for bacteria to hide in. Time to find some new things to make :)

🛫 Travel, Points & Miles

✈️ Frontier Giving Away 5,000 Miles Per Person

I haven't flown Frontier in years, but they're giving away 5,000 miles to anyone who can show a screenshot of at least 5,000 miles with another airline. One-way flights start at 5,000 miles and they have free family points pooling, so it seems worth the few minutes it takes to sign up. The promo expires 2/22 or when they give out 70 million miles.

🇯🇵 Capital One: 30% Transfer Bonus to Japan Airlines

Capital One currently has a 30% transfer bonus to Japan Airlines Mileage Bank until 2/28. If you have Capital One miles and are planning a trip to Asia, this could be a great option, because JAL has really amazing award availability when using their miles (it's how we got 4x nonstop business class flights this spring). Just keep in mind that you can't redeem miles for 7 days after account opening and miles expire 3 years after they're earned (with no way to extend).

🛍️ Up to 1,500 Bonus Miles from Airline Shopping Portals

Here are 3 easy ways to stack some extra miles on purchases you're already making. Expiration dates are in parentheses.

• American Airlines: 500 bonus miles when you spend $200 (2/9)
• United: 500 bonus miles when you spend $150 (2/9)
• Alaska: 500 bonus miles when you spend $150 (2/11)

📍 Rove Miles: 7x on Hotels, Referral Bonus & More

​Rove Miles has the promos below today through 2/11. It's not clearly called out on their site, but after signing up you should see them.

• Hotel Bookings: Earn 7x miles on Loyalty Eligible hotel stays, plus hotel elite perks and the ability to stack rewards with co-branded hotel cards.
• Referrals: New users get 1,000 miles when they join (and 1,000 when they refer). Here's my referral link if you want one.
• Gift Cards: 4x–5x miles on 20 gift cards, including gas, grocery, travel, and major brands.
• Social Media Bonus: Get 250 free miles for an Instagram post with #rovemiles (one per user). Upload your submission here.

🪪 You'll Need REAL ID to Fly in the U.S. (Or Pay $45)

As of 2/1, you'll have to start paying $45 if you can't provide a REAL ID-compliant driver's license or another acceptable form of ID when flying domestically in the U.S. If you don't have one, ​you'll pay $45 for a temporary flight authorization​. Make sure to get your REAL ID before your next trip if you don't already have one.

📣 New Airline, Hotel and Points Promos This Week

Business Class Award Flight Deals

• 🇯🇵 Japan: From 60K AAdvantage miles​
• 🇰🇷 South Korea: From 75K Aeroplan points​
• 🇪🇸 Spain: From 4.5K Avios points​
• 🇨🇭 Switzerland: From 60K Aeroplan points
• 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (Upper Class): From 29K Virgin points

Other Award Flight Deals

• Avianca LifeMiles: 45% off award flights booked by 2/8 for travel through 5/31.
• Loganair: 50% off award flights booked by 2/10 for travel through 3/7.
• Air France/KLM: 25% off economy/premium economy and business class awards when you book​ by 2/28.

Airline Status Matches

• JetBlue: Mosaic 2 status match for Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, and Spirit elites. Register here.
• Lufthansa: Status match available for Club Iberia Plus and British Airways Club elites. Register here.

Hotel Promos

• Marriott: 50% bonus when you transfer points from a popular bank before 2/28.
• World of Hyatt: Up to 28K points on eligible stays between 2/5 and 4/15. Registration is required.
• IHG: 15% off award stays at new properties listed here.
• World of Hyatt: 500 points/night at new hotels listed here.
• Marriott Homes & Villas: 25K bonus points for new customers who book 2+ night stays between 2/2 and 9/1. Register here before 2/28.
• Marriott: 1.8¢ each with up to a 40% bonus until 3/26.
• Hilton for Business: Up to 20% off stays in the Americas and Asia-Pacific when you book by 2/16 and stay before 4/10.

Airline Promos

• Etihad Guest: 2.08¢ each with a 35% bonus.
• United (Targeted): 10K miles when you add an authorized user on a co-branded credit card from a popular bank.

🤑 Latest Deals

🔗 Card-Linked Offers Worth $900+

Here are some card-linked offers I found this week with expiration dates in parentheses. Some of these offers are targeted, so I recommend using CardPointers Pro (get 30% off here) to automate these offers.

• Great Wolf Lodge: 10% off $100 (2/16)
• IKEA: 15% back, up to $41 (2/28)
• Air India: 10% off, up to $50 (3/1)
• Virgin Atlantic: $250 off $2,000 (3/29)
• Aer Lingus: $250 off $1,250 (3/29)
• Popular Bank Travel Portal: $100 off $600 (3/31)
• AT&T Wireless: $75 off $100 (2/28) or $50 off $65+ (4/3)
• AT&T Fiber: $50 off $55+ (4/3)
• Booking.com: $50 off $250 (4/4)
• Airbnb: $30 or 5,000 Bonus Points on $250 (5/5)
• Best Buy: 10% back, up to $23 (N/A)
• Instacart: 10% back, up to $12 (N/A)
• Sam's Club Membership: 30% back (N/A)

🤩 Free Chipotle, Museum Tickets, V-Day Gifts & More

• Museum Tickets: Free access to 200+ museums today, 2/7 and 2/8 with a BoA credit or debit card.
• Moonpig: Free customizable Valentine's Day card with free shipping with code TREAT4YOU.
• Carl's Jr: Free Hangover Burger on 2/9, membership required.
• McDonald's: Free McNugget Caviar Kit on 2/10 at 11AM.
• Chipotle: Free entree for the first 100,000 fans who get the code on Chipotle's Instagram reel which will go live after the SuperBowl halftime show on 2/8. Text the code to 888222.
• Lowe's: Free wooden rose bouquet on 2/14 when you show your Lowe's member ID in store.
• Qdoba: Free 1 entree when you buy 1 entree and drink on 2/14.
• Denny's: Free stack of pancakes with any purchase until 2/28. Plus, on 2/14 you can get married for free at the Denny’s on Fremont Street in Las Vegas but make sure to register here.
• National Parks: Free admission on 2/16 to parks listed here.
• Busch Gardens & Wild Adventures: Free 2026 passes for preschoolers.

🎁 Latest Gift Card Deals

Here are a couple gift card deals for this week:

• Visa & Mastercard: 100% off purchase fees at TheGiftCardShop.com with code LOVE26.
• Instacart: 10% off via Bestbuy.com until 2/8.
• PayPal: 5% back, up to $20 at Giftcards.com​.

🕵️ Top Finds

🧠 Understand Your Personality with AI

After listening to this episode of the AI & I podcast, I checked out the guests' app Deep Personality. It's a fascinating AI tool that does a deep analysis of your personality for free and even lets you compare them with your partner. It does take ~45min to fill out all the questions, but the results were so interesting and they give you easy prompts you can use to share them with your favorite AI tool.

💬 Parting Thoughts

As always, thanks so much for reading! I’d love to hear your thoughts on today’s newsletter, and if you enjoyed it, please let me know why!

Chris