when will the Xbox Live Rewards program come to Austria?

Hello W1510,

While we do add new regions from time to time, we do not announce the arrival of new regions on the forums. Whenever we add a new region, it will be announced via our Twitter @XboxLiveRewards.

Hi IThePretenderI.

Looks like your Xbox Live region is set to a region that Xbox Live Rewards is not available in (Austria). This is the reason why you are unable to join the program.

The government of the country that you live in will have to change the law regarding rewards programs in general. We have alot of red tape when it comes to reward programs in my country aswell. Many local gamers will be happy to have this program available
for us.

The Xbox Live Reward program only rewards users for making purchases, and when they make purchases it takes at least 1 cycle to receive rewards. If your friend only joined yesterday he was not rewarded from the Xbox Live Program. He could have received it
from the Microsoft/Bing Reward program (separate) or from Sales/Promotions (separate).

I believe you are confusing the Microsoft Bing Rewards Program and the Xbox Live Rewards Program. The Microsoft Bing Rewards program requires you to have "500 points" per month to maintain level 2. You will have to direct inquiries to their customer service
team as the Xbox Live Rewards Program (here) does not work with that reward program.