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
There are new rewards tasks only available in the new rewards app. I guess this is an incentive to use the very unnecessary replicate app Microsoft is trying to push on us. Go get your points. 😅
Other necessities. Microsoft account, valid phone number, an Xbox 1/S/X.
\- Sign into your Microsoft account on Bing.
\- Sign up to the Rewards Program for free.
\- Open Bing and navigate to your rewards page.
\- Do the Streaks. (Daily Check in, Search and Daily Set)
\- Do the Daily Activities. Search a bunch, slowly. Read to earn. (Click it and click through articles)
\- Explore on Bing. Do specific searches that it specifies.
\- Scroll down slightly further. Click those links as well.
\- Open up the Xbox app on your phone and sign in. Opening up the Xbox app each day gives you points.
\-Click your account at the top, then scroll down to play Jewel. Beat a level.
\- On your Xbox, open up the My Rewards page. (Guide, Profile & System, your account, My Rewards) Do this to see a breakdown of ways to get points.
\- Play a Gamepass game for 15 minutes each day. Make it a different game each day.
\- I don't have a PC, but you can also play a PC game with your Xbox account to earn more points.
\- Streaks give bonuses and having Ultimate gives you more. Make this stuff a habit and the points will add up quickly.
\- Open Edge and sign in. Click your account Profile Pic in the top left.
\- Click Microsoft Rewards and then Earn. Scroll down and there should be more to click in "Keep Earning"
\*Gamepass Ultimate Subscription needed for best results
This was put together very quickly. I know a job will bring money much quicker, but free stuff is still free stuff. Doing all of this completely paid for my Series X and Ultimate until 2028.
It’s has to been reset to X1 even though i completed everything the previous week at X4, I also noticed my game pass daily didn’t completed one this week also
Have no idea as i thought I did everything right last month but I only got 1500 from my star bonus. This is awesome actually getting the maximum amount 😎
I was finally free of my account limitation the other day. Everything was fine the night before. I didn't search too much and nothing even near the 100 or 200 limit. I closed all my tabs. I woke up and opened my account and was immediately limited. I really don't know what to do anymore to prevent this. I do 4 searches ever 30 minutes with at least 1 minute between searches. I don't use numbers. I also treat ever link I click on the earn page as a search even if it doesn't award 5 points. I scroll the page a little and always click a link before closing the tab. I try to make each search relevant and different. I don't ever use a VPN. I do a search on mobile every day and everything else on PC through Chrome. I got in that habit, because under the previous UI, sometimes Edge wouldn't even give you points.
It just sucks now because they also take away the dailies with a limited account, so your rank just starts dropping from gold to silver, because you are unable to complete everything. Is this happening more to other people under the new UI or is it just me?
For Context the only thing i do is occasionally do the Bing daily set but im super inconsistent with it and my "Streaks" are always broken. I do have Edge and Bing as my defaults at work which i use daily but like i said i never keep up with those quests, only the Xbox and PC gaming ones that i do do literally every day.... Can someone explain what im doing right here cuase i have no clue how im getting these points and would love to maximize them even more so if i could.
He estado todo el mes de agosto con 1200 puntos del Bing Star. Llevo varias semanas apuntando la hora y la búsqueda, ya que me gustaría saber vuestra opinión y ver qué errores estoy cometiendo y qué cosas puedo mejorar para poco a poco ir subiendo la puntuación. Cualquier aportación vuestra me será de ayuda. Las críticas son siempre buenas para mejorar y acercarme al 2100 Bing Star.
Os dejo las búsquedas que hice el domingo 30 de agosto. Todos los días las hago así más o menos. Cambio de temas pero las hago así.
BÚSQUEDA 1: 1:08. Receta de bizcocho de limón en Thermomix
BÚSQUEDA 2: 1:33. Letra de la canción Corazón Partío de Alejandro Sanz
BÚSQUEDA 3: 2:16. ¿Quién representó a Francia en el Festival de Eurovisión 1997?
BÚSQUEDA 4: 2:39. Resultado Final del Real Madrid Málaga
BÚSQUEDA 5: 3:21. Última hora de la invasion de Ceuta
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BÚSQUEDA 7: 4:13. Tutorial para bailar tango argentino
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BÚSQUEDA 9: 5:25. En qué se diferencia un sonido oclusivo de un sonido fricativo
BÚSQUEDA 10: 5:46. Qué tiempo hace hoy en Londres
BÚSQUEDA 11: 13:12. Cuál es el río más largo de Honduras
BÚSQUEDA 12: 14:15. Fórmula para calcular el volumen de una pirámide triangular
BÚSQUEDA 13: 14:42. Análisis de El jardín de las delicias de El Bosco
BÚSQUEDA 14: 15:24. Consejos para limpiar la carrocería del coche
BÚSQUEDA 15: 16:01. Guía de Devil May Cry 4 Xbox One
BÚSQUEDA 16: 21:18. Novedades de Neflix semana del 31 de agosto
BÚSQUEDA 17: 21:53. Origen del apellido Rodríguez
BÚSQUEDA 18. 22:20. Precio de un Burofax Premium en correos
BÚSQUEDA 19. 22:56. Mi hijo se pelea en el colegio con otros niños. ¿Qué hago?
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¿Veis bien la distribución? ¿Debería redactarlas mejor? ¿Mejorar la variedad de temas? Casi siempre me meto en una o dos páginas y scrolleo un par de segundos.
I was just looking at my rewards dashboard and over my lifetime I've earned 933,757 points. I've redeemed 563,100 and I'm sitting on a current balance of 290,637. If you do the math I've lost about 80,000 points. I realize that sometimes they expire depending upon how they were acquired but what's the best way to make sure I spend all of my points and don't lose them over time? I have auto redeem setup for the $10 Xbox gift card every month and I spend points when I want to buy some digital games.
What should I be watching to make sure I don't let points disappear?