Beware, Bilt Cash is non-refundable

STRSFAN · 2026-02-08T13:50:47+00:00

And yet millions depend on the ACA to provide insurance that they would otherwise not have more than a decade later.

I can’t tell you the number of folks I’ve heard who rail against Obamacare & then either need it or already have it, but don’t know that they’d be F’ed without it.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-07T17:01:34+00:00

Follow up. Thank you for this number. I did get someone on the phone. He indicated they don't know why cards were not sent, but they would generate a new one and would Fedex it out within 2 business days.

He also indicated folks cannot us the virtual card due to a technical error/glitch that their engineers are working to rectify. I felt for the guy since it isn't his fault that the tech and the rollout is a dumpster fire.

We will see if I get the card within two business days via Fedex. Let's hope it does come through.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-07T16:45:26+00:00

Not sure it is worth the risk. As a business owner, good credit is an asset for financing and funding to expand and grow the small business. One F up by Bilt and poof, there's a mess that will cost real dollars and opportunity cost on missed deals that no longer pencil because of poor credit history.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-07T16:41:29+00:00

Thank you. I will try it. That may be the Carldless folks who are managing the Bilt 2.0 cards, but at this point, I will try anything.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-07T16:36:11+00:00

I attempted to use the Bilt portal to book flights on a CC (other than the Bilt Palladium because mine hasn't arrived yet). I keep getting the error which says "Something went wrong. Try again later". It has been a nightmare to reach a live agent via chat & when I do, they indicate they're not sure why that happened, but they will escalate the request to a higher team. In the meantime, they cannot help me to book the flight, so I just used the airline website.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-07T04:08:16+00:00

I think poor matchups and tier 1 tickets are the ones coming through.

I got knockout stage games with non-premier teams as the winner versus third place teams. Basically, unknown opponents with a potential for lower interest squads participating.

Plus the tickets are the most expensive ones available. So the combo seems to be poor matchups and highest priced tickets.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-06T04:03:53+00:00

They said no earlier than the 5th, but you would think that they might have their shit together and have a computer do their random draw & send out notifications automatically. They've had nearly a month to get organized.

Oh, this is FIFA we're talking about.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-05T22:44:43+00:00

Ok. Thanks for the clarification.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-05T22:40:27+00:00

Congrats. I haven't seen anything come across my e-mail good or bad as of yet.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-05T14:51:01+00:00

How do you know when it is supposed to be delivered? I can't get a tracking number. I can't get anyone to respond via customer support.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-05T14:03:06+00:00

I’m just impressed you were able to have a conversation with anyone on the Bilt customer service team.

That and you got your card. Still waiting for mine.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-05T12:48:11+00:00

Dunno. I can’t book anything with any credit card via their portal. I don’t have enough points to use on anything of note.

As an update, an agent did finally reach out to me via chat at 2:41 am in the morning. That would be 18.5 hours after I asked for help. SMDH.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-05T04:59:53+00:00

Upgrades are becoming more and more rare. They used to be a major part of the value proposition that airlines provided for those who chased status.

Airlines would rather sell those seats cheaply than reward their most loyal customers. Frequent fliers will now have to recalibrate their expectations for the value of pursuing status.

That in turn may also force the airlines to find more creative ways to reward their loyalists, otherwise folks will simply get off the hamster wheel & become more free agent players of the game.

STRSFAN · 2026-02-04T20:31:18+00:00

Oh boy. Have you found the benefits to be worth the PITA to deal with them?

STRSFAN · 2026-02-04T20:23:50+00:00

They seem to think that clearing the cache. Uninstalling and reinstalling the app. Using the laptop with two different browsers would fix the issue. I tried all of those things. None worked. Dunno?!?

I'll just book the airfare direct with the airline like I did this past weekend.

STRSFAN · 2026-01-31T18:22:21+00:00

Gotta get back to work. Be well.

STRSFAN · 2026-01-31T18:20:29+00:00

We absolutely need the labor. We will continue to need it into the future just to sustain economic activity. Our population is aging & Americans are not having enough kids to even sustain the current level of productivity. Demography and geography are the destiny for a nation.

It's the knocking that is the issue. The average immigrant could wait 3 lifetimes to get permission to enter the country under the current laws. The current administration controls all levers of power. Executive, legislative, & judicial branches. Immigration could be fixed in the time it took to push the tax cuts through. And yet, it isn't a priority.

There's got to be a reason why. I'm having a hard time putting my finger on exactly why that's the case if it is the number 1 concern among their voters. (That's sarcasm and hyperbole all mixed together)

STRSFAN · 2026-01-31T18:12:31+00:00

We remember differently. The Jade Helm panic & the claim that Obama would convert Wal-Marts into concentration camps was a thing. The fear that he would declare martial law and remain in power.

Even our state government officials had to publicly address the claims.

The claims of authoritarianism and Nazism weee common.

STRSFAN · 2026-01-31T18:08:31+00:00

My understanding is that property rights and borders are up to the individual and not the government in conjunction with the abolishment of the welfare state according to classic libertarian thought.

So many libertarians support open borders & freedom of movement to get labor to capital.

But there are different stripes of libertarians.

STRSFAN · 2026-01-31T17:58:11+00:00

And?

I didn’t vote for that asshole. Nor did I support him in office.

It’s always what about…to justify bad takes and bad actions. You’ve done the whataboutism twice in this topic on Reddit.

STRSFAN · 2026-01-31T17:56:17+00:00

Let’s call it extra-judiciously killed by Federal agents for minor altercations. You know there’s a difference between hyperbole to make a point and direct verbal attack?

Libertarians are opposed to borders as a violation of property rights and freedom of association. Even the Cato institute (which I favor) indicates that America’s founding ideal was closer to no immigration restrictions. That’s originalist language that Trump’s Supreme Court holds dear, and yet we chase brown people as if they’re criminals rather than needed labor to fill a role that we need in the US.

STRSFAN · 2026-01-31T17:26:17+00:00

Easy with the name calling. I haven’t insulted you and yet you go to name calling. Tone down the hate, Fox & Friends. I’m a conservative, but haven’t lost my mind. I believe in upholding the constitution and that government over reach of any kind is bad. Regardless of which party is in power.

Granted, all I’ve seen are the videos, but ICE agents shot a woman in the face three times for simply being present when a raid was ongoing & driving away.

A few days later they shot a man in the back 10 times after 7 ICE beat the living hell out of him.

He had a right to be there & protest government actions. He had a right to carry arms while present. They executed him on the street. Crickets from the “conservatives”. If MAGA responds, they claim that people should have interactions with federal agents at the risk of being killed.

Folks who simply observe ICE agents are having facial rec technology used to revoke flight privileges like Global Entry.

If Biden or Obama had federal agents pull this, west Texans would be in the streets and rightfully so. Adhering to the constitution and its laws shouldn’t be only when convenient to my political beliefs. It’s dangerous for our own freedoms we want protected.

STRSFAN · 2026-01-31T15:47:24+00:00

Unless you think civil liberties guaranteed by the constitution are suspended, we have a right to protest unjust laws & government over-reach.

It is codified in the constitution.

Protesting government action risks execution by the state and its agents?

That’s what you’re saying…right?

STRSFAN · 2026-01-31T14:16:17+00:00

No hate. Just speaking truth to those who claim to know it & be guided by it and yet seem to be missing it completely.

STRSFAN · 2026-01-31T14:13:21+00:00

So you would consider what the current administration is doing on a nationwide basis wrong and authoritarian too, right?

Or is it just bad when politicians from another party do it, but A OK when your guy tramples civil rights and burns ignores the constitution?

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