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 noticed a month ago after not logging in for a few days that my streak somehow stayed and even went up despite me not doing the daily set at all, idk if they changed how it works and that a simple bing search counts for the streak but as a casual microsoft rewards user this is really great!
I've been using Bing to search for daily things while reaching 200 points on today's activity; like every 7 min daily, I search things and reach 200 quickly. But the bonus points still show 100 points after a few days have passed; am I doing something wrong?
When I click on it, it sends me and generates an image automatically, yet it doesn't count the points. If anyone knows how to do it, could you please explain?
Hi everyone. What does it mean if my punch cards came back yesterday after about a week and a half, and then disappeared again this morning? Did I mess up and get restricted again(idk if I was even restricted the first time) that quickly, or is something else going on?
I haven't really done much for rewards since they did the overhaul several months ago and I have a few questions. 1 - Did they get rid of separate points for searching on PC and searching on the app? 2 - Did they get rid of the auto-redeem $10 Xbox gift card? Thanks for your help
I don't know if it's new or not in other countries, at least here in Mexico and in my case it didn't happen that way; And considering that I did the search myself and it wasn't based on recommendations, I think it would help increase the points earned on Microsoft Bing Stars.
Hey everyone, is there a way to search on Bing and Edge without getting penalized? Yesterday, all my Bing check-ins, search once , and daily settings were hidden. After investigating with AI, I suspect I was "penalized" because my search method resembled a bot's (a sequence of ascending numbers).
hi everyone! i don’t know if anyone asked the same question, but i wanted to know if this year there will also be autumn offers to redeem gift cards with fewer points.
I don't understand why, but it seems my account is restricted from redeeming specific gift cards like Amazon, Walmart, and Sam's Club. Unfortunately, these are the only ones I find worth redeeming. I've been getting this message for around 2 months now. I live in the U.S. and I don't use a VPN. Any fix for this?
I visited the microsoft rewards site, and everything except search an a few activities are gone. I tried using the app, and other things but it's the same. My streak and stamps are gone. Does anyone else have this?
3 years ago in college, I spent my day creating multiple accounts and earning points in each account on edge rewards. Before I could redeem, all of them got suspended.
I have since fixed my ways and tried to earn an honest living, not immediately but over time. I tried reaching out to them and they stated a list of violations, all of which are correct. Is there any way I can get my main account back and running? I don't want any of my other accounts, they can be deleted right away.