Bing Rewards Discussion Thread [No Referrals]
Aug 14, 2014, 7:07 am
#78
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 9
Using my iPhone for searches is so tedious for my fat fingers and am always looking for the shortest URL to enter. Anyone have any to share? I do CVS, NOAA, cb2, o.com, hm, zara,asos. Not that I am too busy to enter more letters, bing is just harder to do mobile.
Aug 27, 2014, 11:14 am
#79
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, IHG Platinum, Accor Silver, Choice Privileges Gold
Posts: 2,070
They just added new rewards partners, including the following airlines and hotels: American Airlines AAdvantage, Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns, Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles, Icelandair Saga Club, IHG Rewards Club, LifeMiles, US Airways Dividend Miles and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.
Plus a couple of others that are not airlines/hotels. It looks like you can only get 100 miles/points at a time, so it won't be a bonanza. But if you're looking to extend an expiration date, or top off to get over a reward level, this would be perfect. tls
Plus a couple of others that are not airlines/hotels. It looks like you can only get 100 miles/points at a time, so it won't be a bonanza. But if you're looking to extend an expiration date, or top off to get over a reward level, this would be perfect. tls
Anyone else having this problem? I've redeemed a number of times for this award (which is thru points.com), and never had any problems. tls
Aug 27, 2014, 2:51 pm
#80
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Michigan
Programs: AA, UA, DL, UR, IHG platnium, AirAsia
Posts: 323
Redeeming Bing rewards for miles is an extremely poor value. 100 miles for 385 points? No way! Far better deals to redeem for Amazon gift cards and especially HULU + subscriptions for only 300 points right now until Sept 15th. ($7.99=2.66 cents per pt value!)
Oct 14, 2014, 8:37 am
#81
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, IHG Platinum, Accor Silver, Choice Privileges Gold
Posts: 2,070
Yesterday was double points for desktop searches. Not sure if that's going to repeat itself every Monday this month or what, but worth keeping an eye on. tls
Oct 15, 2014, 4:22 pm
#82
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Jackson, MO 63755
Posts: 87
If you know of any other easy way for me to earn AA miles, other than a credit card (I refuse to pay a yearly fee after the 1st year), please let me know!
Oct 15, 2014, 10:30 pm
#83
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: American Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Silver
Posts: 5,640
For those who also use Swagbucks, you can stretch the points even further. 525 points (or less if you're gold) gets you 500 swagbucks. $5 AGCs are only 450 swagbucks.
Dec 11, 2014, 10:55 pm
#87
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: American Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Silver
Posts: 5,640
Lets see.... JetBlue points are worth 1.4¢ to 1.7¢ each. Lets round that off to 1.5 cents. 100 points at 1.5¢ each is $1.50
385 Bing points (for Gold) for $1.50 worth of B6 points makes the redemption rate 0.39 cents (as in $0.0039) per point.
That's a REALLY bad redemption rate!
If you transfer the points correctly, you can get a decent value for redeeming them.
Here's an example.
475 points (for Gold) for 500 Swag Bucks. The redemption on SwagBucks is 450SB for a $5 Amazon gift card.
450SB for $5.00 is 1.11 cents per SB. Using this figure, 475 points for 500SB worth $5.56, gives you a redemption rate of 1.17 cents per point. But, you only spend 450SB to get the $5.00 Amazon gift card. You get 50SB left over. I suppose if you redeem enough times, the leftovers will add up to where you can get another $5 Amazon gift card out of it.
Of course, this only works out if you actually make purchases from Amazon.
385 Bing points (for Gold) for $1.50 worth of B6 points makes the redemption rate 0.39 cents (as in $0.0039) per point.
That's a REALLY bad redemption rate!
If you transfer the points correctly, you can get a decent value for redeeming them.
Here's an example.
475 points (for Gold) for 500 Swag Bucks. The redemption on SwagBucks is 450SB for a $5 Amazon gift card.
450SB for $5.00 is 1.11 cents per SB. Using this figure, 475 points for 500SB worth $5.56, gives you a redemption rate of 1.17 cents per point. But, you only spend 450SB to get the $5.00 Amazon gift card. You get 50SB left over. I suppose if you redeem enough times, the leftovers will add up to where you can get another $5 Amazon gift card out of it.
Of course, this only works out if you actually make purchases from Amazon.
Jan 11, 2015, 5:36 am
#88
Suspended
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 6
Lets see.... JetBlue points are worth 1.4¢ to 1.7¢ each. Lets round that off to 1.5 cents. 100 points at 1.5¢ each is $1.50
385 Bing points (for Gold) for $1.50 worth of B6 points makes the redemption rate 0.39 cents (as in $0.0039) per point.
That's a REALLY bad redemption rate!
If you transfer the points correctly, you can get a decent value for redeeming them.
Here's an example.
475 points (for Gold) for 500 Swag Bucks. The redemption on SwagBucks is 450SB for a $5 Amazon gift card.
450SB for $5.00 is 1.11 cents per SB. Using this figure, 475 points for 500SB worth $5.56, gives you a redemption rate of 1.17 cents per point. But, you only spend 450SB to get the $5.00 Amazon gift card. You get 50SB left over. I suppose if you redeem enough times, the leftovers will add up to where you can get another $5 Amazon gift card out of it.
Of course, this only works out if you actually make purchases from Amazon.
385 Bing points (for Gold) for $1.50 worth of B6 points makes the redemption rate 0.39 cents (as in $0.0039) per point.
That's a REALLY bad redemption rate!
If you transfer the points correctly, you can get a decent value for redeeming them.
Here's an example.
475 points (for Gold) for 500 Swag Bucks. The redemption on SwagBucks is 450SB for a $5 Amazon gift card.
450SB for $5.00 is 1.11 cents per SB. Using this figure, 475 points for 500SB worth $5.56, gives you a redemption rate of 1.17 cents per point. But, you only spend 450SB to get the $5.00 Amazon gift card. You get 50SB left over. I suppose if you redeem enough times, the leftovers will add up to where you can get another $5 Amazon gift card out of it.
Of course, this only works out if you actually make purchases from Amazon.
Apr 1, 2015, 7:13 am
#89
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, IHG Platinum, Accor Silver, Choice Privileges Gold
Posts: 2,070
It now costs 575 bing points (not 475) to get 500 Swagbucks. That really stinks. I suppose I should do the math to see if it still makes sense if one is redeeming 2200 swagbucks for $25 gift cards, but as others have pointed out, this was a great way to redeem bing rewards. No so much any more. tls
Apr 1, 2015, 9:34 am
#90
Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: AS MVPG
Posts: 2,206
It now costs 575 bing points (not 475) to get 500 Swagbucks. That really stinks. I suppose I should do the math to see if it still makes sense if one is redeeming 2200 swagbucks for $25 gift cards, but as others have pointed out, this was a great way to redeem bing rewards. No so much any more. tls
