Idk if you guys are using it yet but Microsoft rewards in NZ is pretty good if you have spare time in your day at the office etc. I've just done the tasks everyday and have claimed like $100+ in xbox gift cards.
Its not life changing money but its just free money basically i use to claim v bucks or jbhifi vouchers.
Rough daily points if you bother doing the easy stuff:
Bing searches on PC: ~60–90 pts
Bing searches on mobile: ~30–60 pts
Edge bonus searches: ~10–20 pts
Daily Set (quiz/poll/task): ~30 pts
Extra tiles on the Rewards dashboard: ~10–40 pts
So even without trying too hard, you’re usually looking at around 150 ish points a day, more if there’s a punch card or bonus running.
If you’ve got an Xbox or Game Pass, you can stack more on top:
Xbox Rewards app tasks: a few hundred points a week
Game Pass quests: easy points over time
Streaks and punch cards: basically free points if you don’t break the streak
I mostly just do it at work when there’s nothing to do or when I’m waiting for something to load.
What you can actually redeem:
In NZ you can cash points out for stuff like JB Hi-Fi, Farmers, Amazon, and Xbox/Microsoft gift cards. I usually grab Xbox credit and use it for games/V-Bucks, but you can just as easily take JB or Amazon and buy normal stuff.
TL;DR: If you’ve got a few dead minutes in the day (I do mine at work lol), Microsoft Rewards is an easy way to slowly build up free gift cards for JB Hi-Fi, Farmers, Amazon, or Xbox.
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Been using this for years and it was amazing. Recently it's tanked in value though with the removal of gamepass codes being able to be redeemed for reasonable points value, you now can't find game pass ultimate purely from monthly points. I can't complain, I paid $150 for gamepass in 2019 and haven't spent a cent in it since due to rewards, all up I will have had 9 years of ultimate for $150 when my current sub expires.
Generally I'm getting about 17000 points a month doing the little bits and pieces which is a decent haul you can use in Amazon Australia, farmers, JB hifi or the Microsoft store. I'm just hording points now and hopefully if Microsoft replace the series x I can put my haul towards whatever they do next. I've heard of people overseas getting almost free series x consoles using this.