A program that grants points for using Bing search, which users can redeem for gift cards, sweepstakes entries, or charitable donations.
I did stay in touch with Microsoft on this one. The issue was resolved on Monday Jan. 13.
There was no explanation as to what it was other than, "there is a trouble ticket created for this issue" and as such "my report was considered closed.—Even though I submitted numerous requests and reports.
I also noted I used to work for Adobe as a beta tester and we flushed out many an issue before any version was released. I highly recommended Microsoft ask us, the loyal rewards customers to beta test rewards in the future. It creates a robust release, MS gets immediate feature value feedback, and it builds user loyalty by engagement.
Summary, rewards is working again, beta testing among loyal rewards users is highly recommended.