[miketheplantguy]

Should I save up for year Xbox gold? Or just get the gift certificates? I don't currently have gold and was waiting for holiday sale

[Strider Turbulence]

Tip1: You can now collect daily points at

www.bing.de

and

www.bing.fr

and

www.bing.co.uk

and

www.bing.com.au

and 

www.bing.com/?cc=us

irrespective of where your account is based (USA, Germany, France, UK, Australia). 

Points are stackable across locales and there is no need to change IPs. You will still be able to cash those points in your base locale against whichever rewards are available to you. 

Tip2: Use Google Chrome in Developer mode to collect mobile Bing points from the comfort of your desktop PC.

I don't think this works anymore.  :(

[Judge Magister]

Has anyone noticed any changes with the rewards? Amazon has disappeared and point prices have increased. Regal Cinemas went from 10,050 to 13,000 and the various $5 gift cards have gone up from 5,250 to 6,500.

Also, a recent email survey makes it seem like some major changes are coming to the program, including the possibility of charging a membership fee.

[forced2change]

Has anyone noticed any changes with the rewards? Amazon has disappeared and point prices have increased. Regal Cinemas went from 10,050 to 13,000 and the various $5 gift cards have gone up from 5,250 to 6,500.
Also, a recent email survey makes it seem like some major changes are coming to the program, including the possibility of charging a membership fee.

If they charge a fee, then I am going to dump it.

[killer9]

same

[forced2change]

YMMV - Just checked the Rewards section and they are now offering $5 PayPal payments for 7,000-ish points. Not that great considering some can get $5 Amazon gift cards for 5,250 but it is a nice option. 

[ColombiaNecktie]

I hope that rumor is not true. I haven't paid for Xbox live in a few years. 

[Sinfulfate]

Has anyone redeemed the 1 year game Pass reward? I've been saving up for that to sell but I don't know if its a code or if it just applies to your account.

[trunks982]

Has anyone redeemed the 1 year game Pass reward? I've been saving up for that to sell but I don't know if its a code or if it just applies to your account.

i dont even have that option to redeem

[p057]

Has anyone redeemed the 1 year game Pass reward? I've been saving up for that to sell but I don't know if its a code or if it just applies to your account.

It's a code emailed to you. And it's hot, hot, hot!

[Sinfulfate]

It's a code emailed to you. And it's hot, hot, hot!

Ok thanks.

[DGenerateKane]

I've got two questions. First, how does one make sure they get emails? I just reactivated my account two weeks ago, and so far nothing. I tried to find somewhere on the site to opt in for them but I struck out. Secondly, has the program changed drastically in the last two years? I see my last redemption was on 9-27-15 for a $5 Amazon GC, for 475 points. They now cost 5250 points. That's a huge increase.

[forced2change]

I've got two questions. First, how does one make sure they get emails? I just reactivated my account two weeks ago, and so far nothing. I tried to find somewhere on the site to opt in for them but I struck out. Secondly, has the program changed drastically in the last two years? I see my last redemption was on 9-27-15 for a $5 Amazon GC, for 475 points. They now cost 5250 points. That's a huge increase.

A few changes have occurred. You get more points per day but I think the ratio to rewards is not as good as it was originally. I am not sure why you are not getting emails. I assume you checked your spam, right?

[DGenerateKane]

A few changes have occurred. You get more points per day but I think the ratio to rewards is not as good as it was originally. I am not sure why you are not getting emails. I assume you checked your spam, right?

Yeah, i didn't believe I was getting this many points before. Wish I could use Edge on Windows 7, I'm losing out on those points. Yep, nothing from MS or Bing.

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[p057]

Yeah, i didn't believe I was getting this many points before. Wish I could use Edge on Windows 7, I'm losing out on those points. Yep, nothing from MS or Bing.

Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

A buddy of mine signed up using a non MS email and never got the Bing or MS Rewards newsletter.

 

If you are using a MS email you can see your subscriptions at profile/communications/ on your account page.

 

I had a direct link to sign up for any MS email subscription at the Profile Center, but that redirects back to the account page now.

[DGenerateKane]

A buddy of mine signed up using a non MS email and never got the Bing or MS Rewards newsletter.

 

If you are using a MS email you can see your subscriptions at profile/communications/ on your account page.

 

I had a direct link to sign up for any MS email subscription at the Profile Center, but that redirects back to the account page now.

I finally found the communication preferences, and I am signed up already. I removed the subscription, and then had to do more searching to find where to sign up again. If that doesn't work, I guess I'll have to email them.

[All the Ramen on the Sky]

I've got two questions. First, how does one make sure they get emails? I just reactivated my account two weeks ago, and so far nothing. I tried to find somewhere on the site to opt in for them but I struck out. Secondly, has the program changed drastically in the last two years? I see my last redemption was on 9-27-15 for a $5 Amazon GC, for 475 points. They now cost 5250 points. That's a huge increase.

Everything for the most part actually still cost the same. When they made the name switch from Bing Rewards to Microsoft Rewards, they tweaked the point system in that they just added zeros to everything. For example, desktop searches netted you 15 per day and mobile 10. Now it's 150 on desktop and 100 on mobile, so for the rewards to properly align with the points change, zeros were added to the cost of rewards too. 4,650 points for a 5$ xbox card is still the equivalent to the old 465 points. Also, if you aren't reaching your monthly quota of 500 searches, you drop down to silver status and lose your discount on rewards, hence why the amazon gift card is 5,250 instead of being 4,750.

[DGenerateKane]

Everything for the most part actually still cost the same. When they made the name switch from Bing Rewards to Microsoft Rewards, they tweaked the point system in that they just added zeros to everything. For example, desktop searches netted you 15 per day and mobile 10. Now it's 150 on desktop and 100 on mobile, so for the rewards to properly align with the points change, zeros were added to the cost of rewards too. 4,650 points for a 5$ xbox card is still the equivalent to the old 465 points. Also, if you aren't reaching your monthly quota of 500 searches, you drop down to silver status and lose your discount on rewards, hence why the amazon gift card is 5,250 instead of being 4,750.

Now that you said that I do remember it being 15 for desktop and 10 for mobile searches. As for the Amazon gift card price, I was already at Level 2 (Bing used to call Gold) as soon as MS reactivated my account, because they gave me 500 points for being patient (it took them several days for their "team" to investigate) as well as being a loyal rewards member. Apparently the switch to MS Rewards also nerfed the discount, it only counts towards MS brands now instead of everything like it was with Bing Rewards (IIRC).

[RBK]

Is there no more referrals with Bing?

[Judge Magister]

Is there no more referrals with Bing?

Referral points stopped once the program transitioned to Microsoft Rewards.

[MattZack]

Did anyone else have extra points in their account today?

[forced2change]

Did anyone else have extra points in their account today?

I did not...

 

PSA: If you're on EST, Bing will reset your daily point totals at midnight because of daylight savings ending.

[VtotheP]

If we have points we should probably jump on the Microsoft Rewards for 3600 right?

[forced2change]

If we have points we should probably jump on the Microsoft Rewards for 3600 right?

It’s pretty good. However, last year around the holidays they did an extremely good deal. I can’t remember the exact deal but I built a ton of XBL credit.

[Z-Saber]

My last points purchase was around this time last year and it was pretty close to the same deal as right now. I've only recently "gotten serious" about keeping up with this everyday though, so I don't remember a second, better deal.

[VtotheP]

It’s pretty good. However, last year around the holidays they did an extremely good deal. I can’t remember the exact deal but I built a ton of XBL credit.

 

I think it was something like 500 points for $5 or something. Any idea what time last year they did that?

[forced2change]

I think it was something like 500 points for $5 or something. Any idea what time last year they did that?

December 14 . I save all of my emails.

[DGenerateKane]

Was it really a deal though? I thought I read it was a mistake. I didn't have an active account at the time so I missed it completely.

[Strider Turbulence]

It was 500 points for $5 off at the microsoftstore.

[p057]

My cousin got a new layout and a way to earn more points by going on streaks. He's offered 200 daily points for searching on the Edge Mobile browser.

 

I am going to download the mobile browser tomorrow and see if the 200 points offer is valid only to users with the new layout.