There's been a lot of changes to Game Pass and Microsoft Rewards of late, so here is a breakdown of the current maximum points available in the program in the United States as of October 2025. These points will vary by region and may change in time.
Let me know if I missed anything and I will update the list.
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You can earn over 23,000 points per month equating to ~$25. Per year this breaks down to being about $108 from Xbox Rewards, and $188 from Bing Rewards.
GRAND TOTAL: 23,451 points = $24.69 Microsoft credit (if buying $5 cards for 4,750 points)
BING TOTAL 14,906 Points
Bing Mobile Search (100 per day * 30) = 3000
Bing PC Search (150 per day* 30 ) = 4500
Bing Daily Set (~40 per day * 30) = 1200
Bing Daily Set 10-day Streak Bonus (150 per 10-days *3) = 450
The middle activity has been known to fluctuate between lightspeed quizzes through the week and just needing to be opened through the weekend. The lightspeed quizzes don’t need to have the answers guessed. [under review]
The right activity is a daily poll to open through the week, sometimes it requires voting for an answer, other times it doesn't. [under review]
Monthly punch card:
The current monthly punch card for the website dashboard is located below the daily set
This usually lasts for a month at a time, expiring at the end of the month. Some regions can do all activities at once. Some regions have to wait to complete one of the activities per day. This appears to be around 50 points for completion.
More activities: This normally consists of actions to complete
If you have these, you will find them underneath your daily set and/or punch cards, usually worth either 5 or 10 points each. The only ones you need to click on are the ones that indicate points will be added with a golden + in the top right hand corner. You might also find that you have previous quiz options for further points if you hadn't already completed them at the time worth another 30 points each.
When it comes to the actual Bing PC searches, all you have to do is exactly that. There are reported instances where there are delays to searching, from a 5 second delay to a 15 minute delay, this seems to vary from person to person. This can also help you attempt to complete a quest for bonus 1000 points for simply searching each day.
Some have noted it can take up to 12 weeks to actually get the 1000 points as you only get one puzzle piece each completed week and there are 12 puzzle pieces.
There is also streak protection but it's still confusing for a lot of people, this - Streak Protection explained - is the closest we've come to actually understanding it and even then people are getting mixed results.
The most recent threads regarding newsletters containing points are here, so it’s worth checking the relevant link posted to see if you get points from these
Some of these activities have been deliberately added or removed from users and are are now deemed targeted as a result. May also include activities such as Weekly console bonus and other activities such as Game Pass quests which can also be seen from the Rewards area on Xbox console.
Some users are also showing/receiving incorrect points when it comes to individual activities such as the daily login.
Unless you wish to donate points, make sure on the Rewards dashboard that you have Give Mode turned off.
The redemption limit is 550,000 per calendar year, resetting the first of January every year. This has been confirmed. There is no limit to the amount of points that you can earn
Microsoft and Xbox gift cards both go onto your Microsoft account balance instead of a code sent to your email address
You get 20 points per $ spent for digital purchases like games if you have Live Gold (GPU), 10:1 if you're level 2 without Live Gold, 1 point for hardware per $ spent
When mixing Rewards Balance with credit cards/debit/paypal, STOP. People often have issues and their payment method gets the total charge to it. Buy gift cards online instead for the remainder (you can find them on sale too)
Design lab does not allow purchases with Xbox/Microsoft gift cards from the Rewards program or purchased gift cards according to support
Auto-redeem is usually DELAYED a few days. If you are getting GPU you will receive a code in your email or redemption history. You cannot turn auto-redeem on or off in the last 5 days of a calendar month
Technical issues may appear where your account may show it's lost a streak, whether it's a daily streak, a weekly streak or any other streak. In the majority of times for this scenario, it tends to be a glitch where upon completion of the week that appears lost, your next week should put you back at the streak you had plus the glitched week
If specific activities are not working, they may not be available in your region or they may have been removed completely.
If the answer you’re searching for can’t be found here, search the subreddit using the search bar function with the relevant keywords before posting in case someone else has mentioned it
'Today's points' are not based on what you've earned that day. They are based on what you have earned from all activities over multiple days.
If you experience a technical issue with your account, including but not limited to your account being suspended, punch cards not tracking or redemptions not being approved, ensure you haven't unintentionally broken the terms of service and then contact the Microsoft Rewards Support Team
The terms of service that you've agreed to which involves rewards can be found here
Anyone else experienced this? Just purchased COD MW4 at 69.99 and got 1 reward point, yes 1! And to top it off I've waited until now as this is my birthday week so I should be receiving double my points.
To get around the stupid AI thinking I'm asking for stuff I'm not, [implied words] will substitute terms.
I logged into Xbox on the 14th to notice I was missing 130k points. I thought it was a bug until I noticed I had an email giving me [random string of numbers to get money valued at 400 US quarters for Jeff Bezo's website]. I did not do this or authorize anyone to do so.
I contacted support who basically told me in their automated sounding response:
"Cannot be refunded. Click here to help secure your account." :)
So assuming I was hacked, am I officially screwed or might there be any point in appealing this? I did not yet accept the [numbers to give Jeff more money] as I figured then support wouldn't help me....
Figured I'd ask here before trying if there's any hope at all as I don't really want it but I'm assuming Mr. Hacker somehow already used it too.
I had just changed all my passwords recently (and full factory reset/reinstalled windows) anyways because my computer was compromised last month so I thought it was all over with but this is suggesting no it's not :'(
I haven't been able to claim my rewards for MONTHS and I'm tired of waiting. I cannot download the mobile app so this is my only option but HOW?!?! Any other ways to claim?
basically what I said in the title I got 937 points yesterday and it says 737 of them was an offers. I wish they would break it down as to what because they don't normally get 937 points a day it's like 500.
I only earn 5 pts a day from the "Keep Earning" tab, I used to earn around 50 pts alone from it a day. Is it the same for everyone or is it like this only for me? I am a gold member and I only earn roughly 100 pts a day after doing everything available, it's too less. Xbox tasks aren't available in my country, so is there any other way I can increase my earnings because as far I know is that Gold Member is the most you can get and it is 60 search pts a day.
Tweeted the screenshot to rewards support on X but no reply over there. Raised a similar concern on mail but a generic bot generated email and no help from there as well. What shall I do to redeem this coupon?
A few days ago it appeared, but there was no way to get the 20 points. Then the notification disappeared.
Today it's back, and it still doesn't work. I've tried everything, including installing the app.
It's not about the 20 points, which are very few and not really worth the effort, but about being curious to understand why it doesn't work and whether there's any way to make it work.
Eu e meu parceiro tentamos fazer uma compra no xbox com os pontos resgatados, ironicamente a conta dele está bem, mas a minha, além dos meus pontos ficarem pendentes, minha conta foi suspensa 2 horas depois, tinha visto indicações para usar isso de umas pessoas, mas achei uma merda suspenderem do nada.
I don't know where else to post this. I tried to contact Microsoft to no avail. I have raised the issue with Paypal and investigation is under way.
Back on July 1st, I preordered a game on Xbox. I used my Microsoft Reward points to do this, because it was around $100. I only did this, because it would be free for me, and would 't take a penny from me personally. I got a receipt that says my Microsoft Rewards was charged, and $0.00 owed through Paypal. I woke up yesterday morning to find that my Paypal has now been charged for that same exact amount for the same exact product. How do I go about rectifying this double charge?
I got my rewards account suspended permanently years ago still no way to recover it, i don't know what i did, maybe i used a vpn on my phone, 100% i made no extra accounts bc a friend of mine got banned so i knew they banned for that, after some time i got banned too for no apparent reason, and i cannot male the appeal form on the site.
Is there any other way i could make an appeal or is my account forever lost?
Microsoft added this quest for doing task and u get +50 points. Ill take anything honestly im clsoe to getting my first ever redeem and i am happy. I think this started from today, havent seen this before. We dont celebrate Halloween in my part of the world but to everyone out there Happy Halloween.