118 PCWorld NOVEMBER 2020HERE’S HOW MICROSOFT BING REBATES
There doesn’t seem to be any limit on
what credit cards or loyalty programs can be
used with Bing Rewards. If you have a credit
card that already grants you a discount, you
should be able to stack it to receive additional
discounts with Bing Rewards.
Note that most (all?) of the retailers don’t
give any discounts on gift cards, and few, if
any give discounts on new game consoles.
(Again, the exception is Microsoft, as Bing
Rewards grants 2 percent off new game
consoles—but that’s just $10 off a $499
Xbox Series X.)
Chances are that any discounts Bing
Rebates provides will be most effective on
new, expensive products, which major
retailers haven’t yet purchased in bulk. Casein point: at Amazon, the Sonos Arc soundbar
(go.pcworld.com/amsa) is $800, a dollar
more than Sonos charges for the Sonos Arc
(go.pcworld.com/sarc) on its own site. But,
with the 7-percent sitewide discount Sonos
grants via Bing Rebates, you would save
yourself a cool $50.
I’d like to say I’ve been a secret shopper
with Bing Rebates for years, but that’s not
true. Apparently, I’ve had access to Bing
Rebates for a few months now, and I have yet
to take advantage of it. As the holiday
shopping season looms, however, I certainly
plan to start incorporating Rebates into my
shopping habits. Are you part of Bing
Rebates? If you are, you suddenly have an
intriguing new shopping option.Here’s what Microsoft itself offers via Bing Rebates, as of press time.