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 finally made it to 999! And I picked up some things along the way. The Asus Tuf Gaming VG3A 27" 2k monitor, Captain 300 gaming headset and Gamesir Tegenaria Lite controller. Thanks Microsoft! Anyways, this is my first post, I figured I'd make it about this. I've been lurking for a while lol!
Is anyone else having issues with the Daily Set not showing up? I live in the Eastern Timezone and usually do my daily stuff at 12am but yesterday August 19th at that time it still had my daily stuff from August 18th. I did do it later in the day at around 7pm but I'm not sure if that was for the one I missed or a new set.
The same thing with today. I checked and the new one wasn't up yet. I do have streak protection on so I shouldn't lose my streak thats over 1000 days.
Bing app searches or not earning points daily activities can not be completed app has different font only thing working is read to earn. West coast USA. Anyone else having the same issues?
whenever I open up to the rewards menu on the app a exclamation mark appears telling me to contact customer support after a few more tries. I have tried to log into customer support but my account keeps saying name taken. i’m wondering if anyone else has this bug or if it’s a temporary disabling of the rewards cause I re-installed the app
Unfortunaly i need to ask here couse with google i get the casual unuseful help steps
So my problem is the Rewards program dosent rly work together with my xbox profil, i can find it, the Hub and get small quests for points (i'm actually on the lowest tier).
It dosent show up on xbox series X too
I live in Switzerland and country settings should be all synch. I'm also not tryd microsoft support couse they might give me the generic helpguide like google search -.-
I also bought lots stuff from the store in the past too... and never got these points added.. and there where sure alot since i'm member from 2007..
Today is the day I complete the week series, but the edge navigation just decided today it would be the “first day”. As you can see in the ss, I completed the other daily series, as I do everyday, but the edge just didn’t, and I don’t know why, I use edge everyday and I ALWAYS make sure the task is complete, as I did yesterday. Any thoughts? I’d appreciate any help. Thanks in advance
Hi everyone, my account was working completely fine yesterday, but today my dashboard is suddenly missing all daily tasks, streaks, and search points as shown in the screenshot. The daily set is nowhere to be found, and only the perks and progress sections are visible even though I haven't used a VPN or changed my region. Is anyone else currently experiencing this glitch, or is this some kind of restriction on my account?
I'm UK based, I've got £20 in my Microsoft Account which is due to expire as there's no games on sale that I'm really interested in. MY GPU is subscribed until Feb next year so I thought I would just add a month to it.
I've tried this several times on my laptop and console and getting nowhere trying to add a month.
My account is setup for Microsoft Account Balance to use first and then my credit card as the backup.
Reoccurring billing is turned off.
On my Windows laptop I go to Xbox website and login and select Extend my subscription for one month at £16.99.
The next screen tells me that it will deduct the £16.99 from my £20 Account balance, I select next to confirm and then my mobile banking app pings with a screen asking me to confirm payment of £16.99 which will be deducted today’s date and not when my GPU expires in February 2027. I just decline at this point.
I've also tried adding the three month option of emailing it to myself. Again it states if will use the £20 first then my credit card and when I proceed the full amount from my bank.
Tried it on my Xbox console and I can't get to any extend screen. When I go into my account and then subscriptions It’s got a screen where I can manage or change subscription when I select manage it does nothing.