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Bing | Microsoft Rewards
A program that grants points for using Bing search, which users can redeem for gift cards, sweepstakes entries, or charitable donations.
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Microsoft Rewards offers and earning patterns can change over time and can also vary by market, status level, and device. The documentation confirms that:
- Rewards points and offers “may vary by market,” and
- Microsoft “may offer additional opportunities to earn points from time to time, and each point‑earning offer will not be available in perpetuity.”
The shift from “earn starts with your third search” to “5 points for 1/1 searches” is consistent with this behavior: Microsoft can adjust how many points are awarded per search and how the daily search tasks are presented, and these changes may not be identical for all users.
Nothing in the documentation indicates an error with the account; it reflects that Rewards is an opt‑in program whose earning rules and offers are periodically updated and can differ between users and regions.
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