Bing Rewards Discussion Thread [No Referrals]
Apr 22, 2014, 8:52 am
#61
Join Date: Jul 2012
Programs: Delta Gold, Alaska Gold 75K, LATAM Black
Posts: 3,393
Now redeem your Bing credits for frequent flyer miles!
Looks like you can now transfer them to AA miles, US Airways, Lifemiles, Iceland Air & Hawaiian Airline miles.
I am outside of the US so the page will not load for me with more info. I will definitely start using Bing more often now.
Can we get a 1:1 conversion? ;-)
I am outside of the US so the page will not load for me with more info. I will definitely start using Bing more often now.
Can we get a 1:1 conversion? ;-)
Apr 22, 2014, 9:10 am
#62
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: DCA
Programs: DL Silver, HH Gold, PC Plat, Marriott Silver
Posts: 420
You can rack up a lot of points quickly when you start as they give points for clicking through a lot of info about the program. Once you are through that it is 1 pt per 2 searches up to 15 pts/day. Plus you can get an additional 10 pts by doing 20 searches on a moblie device (also 1pt/2 searches). There will also be at least one, but sometimes up to 4 special links of the day to click on to get a point each.
Occasionally they will do days where the max is 30 pts per day for searches - they recently did this on a few Mondays in April.
Apr 22, 2014, 9:27 am
#63
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, IHG Platinum, Accor Silver, Choice Privileges Gold
Posts: 2,070
Yeah, I'm not sure what I'm going to do, keep getting the Starbucks gift cards (which I do use) or get the points. The miles/points aren't much, but at this point, I have quite a bit of $ on my Starbucks card (not just from Bing Rewards, but from e-rewards, etc.). Guess I'll need to make a decision in about a week .... tls
Apr 22, 2014, 10:19 am
#64
Join Date: Apr 2008
Programs: AA EXPLT, Marriott Titanium (LT PLT), HHonors Gold, AMEX PLT, UA Silver, National EXC
Posts: 1,059
Amazon Giftcards I think are still "the benchmark" here - that said, this would be good for keeping account active or topping up to a certain level before liquidating or redeeming an award.
Are we allowed to include referral links?
Are we allowed to include referral links?
Apr 22, 2014, 7:34 pm
#66
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 140
Observations on BR offering miles ...
1. Swagbucks recently has offered conversions of SB to BR at 1:1 ratio. The reward is currently listed as OOS but I did test it out to see if it worked earlier this week.
2. Virgin America is one of the listed airlines. 1 VX point is worth MUCH more than 1 miles on most other airlines.
3. The BR gold discount knocks the price down to 385 BR for a 100 point/mile reward
4. Based on the choice of airlines, this appears the same certificate thing that peanutlabs uses and I've redeemed many of em without issue. They are fast to credit, usually within one or two business days. It is worth noting that this certificate thing has changed partners in the last few weeks as Alaska Air was removed very recently.
I'm not sure that I'll opt for miles over Amazon GC's but the thought of scoring a VX flight or two is pretty tempting.
1. Swagbucks recently has offered conversions of SB to BR at 1:1 ratio. The reward is currently listed as OOS but I did test it out to see if it worked earlier this week.
2. Virgin America is one of the listed airlines. 1 VX point is worth MUCH more than 1 miles on most other airlines.
3. The BR gold discount knocks the price down to 385 BR for a 100 point/mile reward
4. Based on the choice of airlines, this appears the same certificate thing that peanutlabs uses and I've redeemed many of em without issue. They are fast to credit, usually within one or two business days. It is worth noting that this certificate thing has changed partners in the last few weeks as Alaska Air was removed very recently.
I'm not sure that I'll opt for miles over Amazon GC's but the thought of scoring a VX flight or two is pretty tempting.
Last edited by moo-moo; Apr 22, 2014 at 7:39 pm Reason: grammar, typos, general
Apr 29, 2014, 1:05 pm
#67
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 15
Question about Bing's new miles/points rewards
So, Bing rewards has a new reward for miles/points. Per their website:
Thanks!
Redeem your credits and get 100 points/miles for your favorite frequent flyer, hotel or retail loyalty program. Participating programs include American Airlines AAdvantage®, Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns®, Hawaiian Airlines® HawaiianMiles®, Icelandair Saga Club, IHG® Rewards Club, LifeMiles, My BestBuy™ Rewards, SVM FuelCircle, US Airways® Dividend Miles® and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.
I don't have a membership with any of these programs. All of my miles are with United. My question is this: Which one of these programs do you guys think gives the best bang for the buck?Thanks!
May 4, 2014, 4:08 pm
#68
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: San Diego
Programs: UA LTP, AA LTG, DL Plat, Marriott LTT, HH Diamond
Posts: 863
So, Bing rewards has a new reward for miles/points. Per their website:
Thanks!
Redeem your credits and get 100 points/miles for your favorite frequent flyer, hotel or retail loyalty program. Participating programs include American Airlines AAdvantage®, Frontier Airlines EarlyReturns®, Hawaiian Airlines® HawaiianMiles®, Icelandair Saga Club, IHG® Rewards Club, LifeMiles, My BestBuy™ Rewards, SVM FuelCircle, US Airways® Dividend Miles® and Virgin Atlantic Flying Club.
I don't have a membership with any of these programs. All of my miles are with United. My question is this: Which one of these programs do you guys think gives the best bang for the buck?Thanks!
The value of the miles rewards they are offering (on a cents per mile basis) is way lower than the cash value of the rewards cards. I think they're trying to take advantage of us miles addicts by offering crappy equivalent values and figuring we won't care.
I'm amazingly over-dedicated to miles, but I'm passing on this one.
FTF
May 6, 2014, 6:51 am
#69
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, IHG Platinum, Accor Silver, Choice Privileges Gold
Posts: 2,070
Every Tuesday in May you can get 30 points for desktop searching, instead of the normal 15. I hope everyone finds what they're seeking! tls
May 18, 2014, 1:02 pm
#71
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 54
Jun 3, 2014, 8:32 am
#75
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Programs: UA Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, IHG Platinum, Accor Silver, Choice Privileges Gold
Posts: 2,070
Yes, and that's just for "desktop" searches (which includes tablets). You can get another 10 points for "mobile" searches, plus a couple of non-search points, for a total of 87 today. Tls