Difference between Microsoft Rewards and Xbox Live Rewards?

Hello wolf rageing,

From the FAQ:

What's the difference between Microsoft Rewards points and Xbox Live Rewards Credits and MyVIP Gems?



One Microsoft Rewards point is equal to one Xbox Live Rewards Credit. Microsoft Rewards points can be redeemed whenever you want for the rewards you choose from the Microsoft Rewards catalog, including Microsoft Store digital gift cards. Xbox Live Rewards
Credits are automatically converted to your local currency every two weeks and deposited in your Microsoft account, while MyVIP Gems could be redeemed for items in the MyVIP Vault.

Is there any free way of getting Xbox Live Rewards points as there is with Microsoft Rewards, besides the survey? I'm looking for a quick and free way of getting XBL Rewards points.

With the Microsoft Rewards program you earn points for doing certain things (browsing with Bing, completing specific searches, making purchases from microsoftstore.com) You can redeem the points for gift cards for various things including Xbox gift cards
or old subscriptions. The points from that program are not directly transferred to your account.

With the Xbox Rewards program, you earn rewards credits for completing offers (mostly digital purchases from the Xbox store). Those credits are deposited directly into your account as currency.

On the Xbox Rewards program the only free way currently is through the surveys.

With the Microsoft Rewards program, doing enough daily searches and completing their free offers would be the only way. It can take about a month to earn enough points to redeem a $5 card from them.

Hello r3Kayn,



Your deposit was prevented due to a mismatch between your British Rewards Account region and your Slovakian Microsoft Account region. When you register into the Rewards program, we create a Rewards account based on your Microsoft Account region at the time
of registration. Since your Rewards Account is a separate entity from your Microsoft Account, migrating your Microsoft Account region will not also change your Rewards Account region. Therefore, when your Rewards Account attempts a deposit in one regional
currency, it cannot complete when your Microsoft Account is of a differing currency.

If Xbox Live Rewards is unable to deposit into your account for some reason, as long as you have not opted out to make the transition to Microsoft Rewards, any undeposited Xbox Live Rewards Credits and unredeemed MyVIP Gems will be automatically converted
to Microsoft Rewards points and be added to your Microsoft Rewards account to redeem for whatever you choose from the Microsoft Rewards catalog. Note that Slovakia is not a Xbox Live Rewards eligible country, either.