How to Earn Travel Rewards with Lyft Rides

Lyft is one of the largest ride-sharing companies in the U.S. The company partners with various hotels, airlines and certain credit cards, to offer several opportunities to earn miles and points and save some cash.

Here are some of the ways you could be optimizing your travel rewards with your Lyft rides:

Earn miles and points for Lyft Rides

Chase credit cards

Chase adjusted its bonus rewards on Lyft rides. Here's how the current earn rates compare to the previous ones.

Other travel credit cards

Although not as lucrative, other travel credit cards allow you to earn additional points for Lyft rides, because they fall into the travel category. For example, the Wells Fargo Autograph® Card earns 3x per $1 spent on rides. Terms apply.

» Learn more: NerdWallet's best credit cards for transit and commuters

Get Lyft credit with the World Elite Mastercard

World Elite Mastercard customers can register to earn $5 in Lyft credit every time they take three qualifying rides within one calendar month. Most rides in the U.S. will qualify, as long the ride was paid for with a World Elite Mastercard.

A couple of the American AAdvantage cards qualify for this promotion, too, so you could simultaneously earn AAdvantage miles and Lyft credit with your rides each month.

» Learn more: What benefits come with a World Elite Mastercard?

Earn Hilton Honors points with Lyft

Lyft also offers earnings for Hilton Honors members. Connect your accounts and you can earn:

• 3 Hilton Honors points per $1 spent on regular Lyft rides,

• 2 Hilton Honors points per $1 on shared Lyft rides.

Rides in both the U.S. and Canada qualify for Hilton points, and new Lyft users will also get $5 off their first three rides when they sign up with their Hilton Honors account.

Earn United miles with Lyft

United MileagePlus members can earn up to 4x miles on Lyft rides. Here are the United earning rates on Lyft:

• 4x miles on scheduled airport rides.

• 3x miles on on-demand airport rides, Extra Comfort rides, Lyft Black and Black SUV rides.

• 1x miles on standard rides, priority pick-up and XL rides.

Earn Atmos points with Lyft

Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines' Atmos Rewards program also has a partnership with Lyft that lets riders earns points with the program. Here's how many points you will earn if you choose Atmos as your partner program with Lyft:

• 3 points for every $1 spent on airport and elevated Lyft rides.

• 2 points for every $1 spent on everyday Lyft rides.

Earn Bilt points with Lyft

Bilt Rewards is a rewards program that lets members earn points in a variety of ways (famously, on rent payments) and redeem points for travel or other experiences.

Bilt points are a transferable currency, and United MileagePlus, Hilton Honors and Atmos Rewards are all Bilt transfer partners. If you want ultimate flexibility, you might consider choosing Bilt as your preferred loyalty program within Lyft, so that the points you earn can be used with all three brands.

To earn the most points though, you'll need to pay with the Bilt World Elite Mastercard® Credit Card.

• Earn 5X points when you use your Bilt World Elite Mastercard® Credit Card to pay for Lyft rideshare. You must select Bilt rewards as your active loyalty rewards partner.

• Earn 3X points on Lyft rideshare, bikes, and scooters booked through the Lyft app when you pay with your Bilt World Elite Mastercard® Credit Card.

• Earn 2X points on Lyft rideshare booked through the Lyft app when you link your Bilt Rewards and Lyft accounts, and you select Bilt rewards as your active loyalty rewards partner.

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