Check your Xbox Live points balance...

TheVoice · 12 Aug 2011 at 01:12

https://billing.microsoft.com/points.aspx

Seems some people - myself included - have received some points today for seemingly no reason. Rumours suggest it's a glitch in the Rewards programme so if you're not a part of that (http://rewards.xbox.com/) then you may not have received any, but it's worth checking.

I got 600, can't complain at that. Hopefully they don't take them back again!

Macky · 12 Aug 2011 at 01:27

Spend them quickly mate.

I once got Fable 2 for free. I think there was a thread about it on here. Was a good day for me..

Artheas · 12 Aug 2011 at 09:58

Got overexcited for a moment when I looked at my gamerpoints instead

I didn't get anything, although I do have 110 from the surveys, etc.

TheVoice · 12 Aug 2011 at 10:25

They've taken them back now anyway. Oh well.

point decay · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:20

gone now, had 1500msp added yesterday (going by the account it was six instances of 250msp that had been added)

thought about spending them last night, but couldn't quite work out where they had came from, glad i didn't now, as they surely would have charged me for them if i had.

story here
http://www.xblafans.com/the-case-of-the-vanishing-microsoft-points-22339.html

Sp00n · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:32

My xbox live had expired, the payment went through but then failed cause the card is expired but my expiry date on my gold is now showing as next year and I can still play online

Itchytrigg · 12 Aug 2011 at 14:04

Sweet, I was credited 120 x 6

Macky · 12 Aug 2011 at 14:23

Told you to spend them lads.

point decay · 12 Aug 2011 at 22:44

Macky said:
Told you to spend them lads.

wish i had now

The Xbox Live Rewards program has been set up by Microsoft to give Xbox 360 owners a way to get extra Microsoft Points if you do things like renew your Xbox Live Gold membership or take part in special promotions. However on Thursday night, some Xbox 360 owners discovered that the Xbox Live Rewards system gave them some extra points that they had not earned. As reported by Computer and Video Games, thousands of Microsoft Points were delivered via a glitch in the system. The origin of the glitch has yet to be revealed.

Some Xbox 360 owners reportedly went ahead and spent their extra Microsoft Points. Others did the right thing and contacted Microsoft's Xbox customer service on fears that their credit cards might have been hacked. The official Twitter page for Xbox Support gave some contradictory info on whether or not people who spend those Microsoft Points would have those purchases recalled. However, Microsoft is now telling those who already spent the extra points that they will get to keep their items, only the points that haven't been spent yet have been recalled.

As we mentioned the Xbox Live Rewards program is designed to give active Xbox 360 owners some extra incentives for their activities. For example, people who renew their Xbox Live Gold membership for a full year will receive 200 Microsoft points, with lower amounts given out to people who renew for a shorter amount of time.

http://www.neowin.net/news/glitch-g...campaign=Feed:+neowin-main+(Neowin+Main+News)

cheets64 · 13 Aug 2011 at 00:22

7 years been on xbox live and I got zero rewards.

point decay · 13 Aug 2011 at 00:44

cheets64 said:
7 years been on xbox live and I got zero rewards.

are you registered for rewards?

http://rewards.xbox.com/