If you haven’t joined Microsoft Rewards, there’s a rebate program you’re missing out on: Microsoft Bing Rebates, which offers cash back across the web.
If you’re bargain-hunting this Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday, or Cyber Monday, Microsoft may have a secret discount deal waiting for you: Bing Rebates. Bing Rebates started as a beta program available only to a “select group of Microsoft Rewards members.” But as of October 8, Microsoft has made it live for everyone to use. The discounts are tangible: up to 7 percent off from Microsoft, including Xbox games; 10 percent rebates at Verizon, plus rebates at Nvidia, Newegg, Best Buy, Woot!, Staples, and more. Essentially, Bing Rebates takes the discounts available to Microsoft Rewards members—including food, entertainment, and more—and gives back in the form of good old cash. Of all the deals, the benefits of shopping from Microsoft are (big surprise) the most obvious, though bargains exist throughout the dozens of merchants Bing Rebates interacts with. Granted, the rebate on buying, say, a KitchenAid mixer direct from the manufacturer (5 percent currently) or an Acer Swift 7 from the Acer Store (4 percent off) may already be reflected at Amazon. But you also get things like $45 off of a Verizon FiOS plan,1 percent off Newegg sitewide, or the ability to grab an Xbox Wireless Elite controller from GameFly for a sitewide discount of 10 percent off. Microsoft has quietly offered a rewards program for years, which morphed from Bing Rewards to Microsoft Rewards in 2016. Over time, Microsoft Rewards credits you for searching with Bing, using Microsoft services like Outlook, and most recently playing the Xbox console.
