A program that grants points for using Bing search, which users can redeem for gift cards, sweepstakes entries, or charitable donations.
If Microsoft Rewards points dropped from about 13,000 to 60 and stayed that way for a month, the supported next checks are:
- Check Order History to confirm the points were not redeemed.
- Go to your Order History and review recent orders.
- Open Order Details for any recent reward to see the redemption code or link.
- Verify the correct Microsoft account is being used.
- A different balance can appear if signed in to a different account.
- Rewards issues can also happen when browser data is not syncing with the Rewards database data.
- Check whether Give Mode is on.
- Give Mode can cause the dashboard balance to appear different.
- Review whether the account may have hit a policy issue.
- Rewards can be affected by using a VPN, trying to earn or redeem in multiple regions, using automated methods, or redeeming outside the country where points were earned.
- Repeated violations can lead to account suspension or invalidated points.
- Since this has lasted a month, contact Microsoft Rewards Support.
- The support guidance says to use the Rewards support form when points are missing or the issue is not resolved.
- Include the previous balance, current balance, and recent activity when submitting the case.
Supported reasons mentioned for missing or changed balances include:
- signed in to a different account
- browser data not syncing with Rewards data
- Give Mode being on
- policy-related issues such as VPN use, automated searches, or cross-region earning/redeeming