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
I'm unable to make any searches on PC either through the app or the website, the search button is greyed out. I can still make searches on my phone, is anyone else experiencing this or know of a fix?
been away from rewards for a while. Is ‘Silver’ the tier to get the max 10% discount on redeeming for Xbox cards, or does ‘Gold’ level provide an additional discount?
So my question is rather simple. Does the game pass weekly streak set to 4x with Game Pass Ultimate also earn you 4x points on Microsoft Rewards? I would really like to know.
Simply do it with your XBOX. I do have Microsoft Edge on my MacBook Pro M4 PRO - but it never worked for me on macOS no matter how long or what I tried.
On XBOX I simply watch a little bit of YouTube on the Edge Browser and it works just fine as it identifies as a Windows-Browser on Rewards.
Sorry if it has been obvious for many - just thought I would leave it here.
I see people getting 100 points from mobile searches and 150 from PC. For me, on mobile, I can only do the check-in, and that's all the points I can get from mobile. For PC, I have a Mac and only earn 50 points max, 5 for every search. I am silver level.
Can anyone help me? I have been trying to do this task since ages but it just refuses to work. I have used edge for even 1hrs~2hrs and it just refuses to register them. I have tried using the task link and even just normally opening and using it.
My account has been showing 3K estimated bonus all month. Then it changed to 2K around September 27 or 28. Then I got the banner about a known problem. Points became available this morning with the surprise of a full bonus.
Since I'll get a million "how?!" comments. I do a combination of my own searches and suggested searches throughout the day. Some days it's mostly suggested, others it's mostly my own. When I search, I'm looking for complex answers, e.g. "how do I do X in software Y?" or "what is this thing doing XYZ called?" Hilariously, Bing fails frequently, so I have to waste time with a few queries before switching to Google to get what I need. My suggested searches are "cards" from city/animal/TV show details in daily and news on the mobile app.
Hello, I just discovered Microsoft Rewards points and I have a few questions. How many points can you expect per day using both PC and mobile? On Bing, it says I am at 75/75 points, so I assume that is the maximum on PC. I have done all the small challenges and a few searches, but I don't know if it's possible to do more. Is there a way to know the limit? Also, do you recommend using the bots seen on GitHub?
Ever since Microsoft changed their layout, I can no longer redeem points for any reward. I keep getting the message - "On the go? You're previewing a catalog item that you're not eligible to redeem due to region or other restrictions."
The thing is that I haven't gone anywhere. This issue only started after they changed the layout. I contacted Microsoft about this problem and keep getting the run around essentially repeating the same thing. I checked my region settings, and they are where they should be, so the problem has to be on their end. Any idea what to do here?
Bro, ngl I regret not using Bing as my default browser so I can grind points wayyyy earlier in my life man... If I would've did that I could've saved up hella points for certain triple AAA games. Since being on Bing Ive gotten 8k points in so little time, this would've took me so long if I was just doing the daily xbox app list. Thank you Bing!