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How to use Microsoft Rewards to get Xbox Game Pass for PC (and more!) for free

Microsoft Rewards is basically free money, and not enough of you know how to use it. We’re going to show you how to use Microsoft Rewards to help buy all the things you want—an Xbox Series X! Starbucks! Amazon gift cards!—beginning with the awesome Game Pass for PC subscription.

Like the name says, Microsoft Rewards is Microsoft’s incentive program for using its consumer services. Using Bing earns you points. Playing Xbox games can earn you points. Playing PC games can earn you points. You can “chase points” as much as you’d like, and earn more and more. Or you can chill, go about your daily activities as you normally would, and still earn points. All of these points can be traded in for stuff you’ll actually want.

We’ll use the awesome , which costs $4.99 per month, as our target. Game Pass for PC is part if you know the trick. But why pay at all? Microsoft Rewards is the answer to that.

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