XBOX Gift Card Auto Redeem with points NOT Working.

If you redeemed your rewards points for a Microsoft gift card or Xbox gift card, the balance should automatically be added to the account balance for the account that redeemed the points. They don't send you a code typically.

If you have enough Microsoft reward points, then you need to redeem the reward points for Xbox/Microsoft Gift Cards on the redeem page of Microsoft rewards. Then once the gift card codes have been emailed to you, then you can redeem those gift card codes on https://account.microsoft.com/billing/redeem Once you have enough money from the Xbox Gift Cards, you can then purchase Minecraft from the Microsoft Store or Xbox Store (depending on which version you want).

If that's the case, it explains why, after months of using "Auto Redeem" on the $10 gift card (previously), I one day found myself no longer auto redeeming the $10 gift cards. I thought it was sketchy at the time and it feels the same now. Can't see why it doesn't function reliably like a subscription program.

It's also annoying that instead of simply crediting your account with Xbox GPU time, like they do with gift card cash amounts, they e-mail you code to redeem. Seems pretty intentional.

Wait but why there’s the auto redeem option on rewards? I have my credit card on file! I’m just trying to switch my auto redeem from the 10$ gift card to the GAME PASS ULTIMATE that’s all!

Hello Sax1973,

Thanks for reaching out to the forums. We see you have a question on redeeming rewards. This is possible if you redeem for the correct currency. There are two types: Xbox gift card and Microsoft Gift cards. You would need to redeem the points for the Microsoft
gift card then use that to purchase the controller.

Hope this helps.

Brad