New Bilt cards exclude tax payments, eBay, Facebook Marketplace, and more
Frequent Miler • • business
Key Points:
- The newly launched Bilt Card 2.0 excludes tax payments and purchases from online resale marketplaces like eBay and Facebook Marketplace from earning rewards or Bilt Cash, which is unusual compared to other credit cards.
- The card's terms define “eligible purchases” as goods or services made with the card, explicitly excluding transactions such as balance transfers, cash advances, person-to-person payments, cryptocurrency, fees, lottery tickets, and certain online resale marketplaces.
- The exclusion of tax payments is notable and disappointing, especially since most other credit cards treat tax payments as ordinary purchases that earn rewards; this change may affect users planning to pay taxes with the card to earn rewards.
- Ambiguity remains regarding which online marketplaces are excluded, raising
