Treppen wrote: » Ok so an update. I've missed out on tonnes of points by not downloading the Rewards app on the Xbox console itself. There's extra punch cards there. I should have watched this guide first; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csvenKV0pRc Currently on 5267 points Hopefully I can convert all these millions of points to MS gift cards for a new console maybe! few other things to note:Searching on Bing wont give you any points. Daily Achevement on any Gamepass game for 50 points never works and is a known issue. Complain on the Rewards Support if you're not getting an achievement and they are relatively good at rectifying it within a day or so. To get the points for logging in on the mobile app it's not a case of just opening the app, you have to sign out and then sign in again which is a pain.
Treppen wrote: » [*]Daily Achevement on any Gamepass game for 50 points never works and is a known issue. [/LIST]
djan wrote: » Just on the mobile app, all you need is to make sure you close it fully. As in swipe it away from the recent apps drawer. Then start as normal.
Techniques07 wrote: » That's odd, I've only ever had a problem with this twice and that was a few weeks ago when Xbox Live was having issues. What never works for me is the installing 5 games from the app. I've missed out on 100's of points not being able to collect that and it's 100 points for doing it this month. Is that just me?
1) I play a game for sometime 2) log out of the profile on Xbox. 2) log back in 3) click on any of the other 5 points / weekly quest tiles in MS rewards app( basically claim some diff points. 4) Click see all button so the achievement more section expands 5) Mash the achievement more tile. I have noticed the above steps work for me 99% of the times if the achievement is gained after 8:00 PM EST( it works flawlessly later in the night Ie without any of the above steps. Also any achievement earned around the time mentioned above let’s us claim the achieve more tile the next day too ( if claimed before 5:00 PM EST. Earlier it would only work till 4:00 PM but couple of times it has worked around 5:00 too) YMMV Edit: at times the app doesn’t register the achievement no matter what we do. Also I do the above steps when normal clicking doesn’t work
theteal wrote: » OK, I've taken the bait on this rewards lark. A couple of months ago I did a full month of the daily and weeklies and a few game related ones which to be quite honest was a slog for someone who normally turns the xbox on maybe once/twice a week. I'd say I amassed about 2000 points that month which quite frankly wasn't worth the effort when you see how many points needed for anything other than sweepstake entries. Now only this week I became aware of the Bing related rewards and the rewards web site. Sooooooo much easier to rack up points. I've done about 2500 in 4 days which took about a minute of each day - annoyed I'd not known sooner considering I spend about 10 hours a day working at the bloody computer. Needless to say I've now got the bug and I'm looking to build towards xbox/ms gift cards. Question: can you redeem multiple say, £25 gift cards in one sitting? For the last few days I'm doing maybe 450 each day, at that rate I'd have enough for the gift card in a smidge over 2 months (i.e. 29250/450 = 65 days). Now if I'm planning on getting the XSX around March, that gives me the potential to rack up enough for maybe 3 * £25 cards. Once redeemed the value only stays in your account for 90 days according to the t+cs so redeeming one at a time as they're earned won't work.
theteal wrote: » A daily visit to https://account.microsoft.com/rewards/ to click on the "daily set" and "more activities" is 100 points. I got 75 for visiting 3 days in a row. I think 500 for setting Bing as mobile search - that's obviously just a once off. Then there are the searches with normal browser, mobile and Edge combine to 222 point (attached pic) - just search something like "Movies 2020", click the first result and the the screen should change to show a horizontal list, a click on each of that list counts as a search, takes no time. I may be missing a few other little bits and that's before I even turn on the xbox or gamepass app. I will give the xbox daily/weeklies a go as well again it can provide a nice little bump. Also upon checking, it's only 2300 in 4 days so I slightly overestimated.
djan wrote: » I assume you or your account is based in the US? The local version seems to have no option to earn from searches using bing.
theteal wrote: » UK
Treppen wrote: » BTW be careful of the expiry date of gift cards, it's actually the day before the date on the card!
marcbrophy wrote: » I redeemed a €25 store card on Monday! It's just a deduction against your Microsoft account balance now! So my balance went from €0 to -€25 I don't think it expires either!
Treppen wrote: » Fair play to you, we are getting ROYALLY screwed in Ireland. Have you your Xbox set to uk Region or are you actually in the UK region? There's a few cases on r/microsoftrewards of people getting banned by switching account regions to get points, so be careful how you tread. Do you use vpn for phone /pc quests? I started in Ireland region so not sure if I should risk a switch! But I'm really getting pi553d off at the low points available. I'm only on 22,000 after 3 months hard slog now. BTW be careful of the expiry date of gift cards, it's actually the day before the date on the card!
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JohnB123456 wrote: » is there an issue with these quests not giving the rewards points? I got stuck into it last night but a lot of things I got no points for
Treppen wrote: » Fair play to you, we are getting ROYALLY screwed in Ireland. Have you your Xbox set to uk Region or are you actually in the UK region? There's a few cases on r/microsoftrewards of people getting banned by switching account regions to get points, so be careful how you tread. Do you use vpn for phone /pc quests?I started in Ireland region so not sure if I should risk a switch! But I'm really getting pi553d off at the low points available. I'm only on 22,000 after 3 months hard slog now. BTW be careful of the expiry date of gift cards, it's actually the day before the date on the card!
Treppen wrote: » Plagued with issues. Any particular one?
JohnB123456 wrote: » but some did work on PC so I am confused
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