Microsoft Rewards Program Changes: A Summary

Microsoft Rewards Program Changes: A Summary

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TL;DR
Microsoft has walked back on at least some of the changes it made to the Microsoft Rewards program in late 2023. The number of points people could earn daily on the Rewards home page has gone back to their previous amounts. There's no word on why exactly Microsoft has backtracked on this issue. While the daily points that can be earned on the Microsoft Rewards pages may be back to previous levels, Microsoft has still made some changes in other aspects of the program.

Microsoft reduced the number of points people could earn for completing daily tasks in its Microsoft Rewards program in late 2023.


Microsoft has walked back on at least some of those changes, and the number of points people could earn daily on the Rewards home page has gone back to their previous amounts.


In November, daily points went down to just one or two points for each task on the Microsoft Rewards page. Now those numbers are back to 5, 10, or even 30 points that Rewards members have earned.


There's no word on why exactly Microsoft has backtracked on this issue. It's possible that the amount of protests from long-time Microsoft Rewards members played a factor in this decision.


While the daily points that can be earned on the Microsoft Rewards pages may be back to previous levels, Microsoft has still made some changes in other aspects of the program.


Microsoft has not been transparent about all of these changes that have been made to the Rewards program.