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My Favorite Reward Programs

Even though Dave Ramsey says to plan for Christmas by setting aside money, I've decided that we're going to pay for Christmas through the various reward programs I'm a member of. This means more $$$$ for our debt-snowball!

I've been couponing and participating in rewards programs for 7-ish years. In that time, I've found the ones that are worth my time!

Swagbucks
This reward program has a little bit of everything. You can do surveys, watch videos, purchase items, complete activities, do internet searches. This program has the most potential to earn LOTS of points in a short time due to the bonuses. I'm going to heavily rely on this program to pay for Christmas. I almost exclusively redeem my rewards for Amazon gift cards and PayPal.


Kellogg's Family Rewards
When you purchase Kellogg's products upload your receipt and receive points per item; upload participating grocery store loyalty cards, and enter bonus codes. Redeem for various rewards. I've redeemed for $ off coupons, Lowe's gift certificates, Amazon gift cards, and Redbox codes.
Load these codes for quick points!
BEOURVALENTINE50 to score 50 points
FEBRUARYPOINTS4U to score 100 points
YOURKFRVALENTINE to score 50 points


Huggies
Even without a little one in diapers, there are ways to earn points for great rewards, through the Huggies Rewards program. You can upload receipts to get the most points but there are also articles, surveys, and videos you can watch to earn points. I've redeemed Huggies points for gift cards, free product coupons, and Melissa and Doug toys.


Pampers
Here's another diaper reward program, but there are other ways to earn points without buying diapers. I've actually never purchased pampers, I only get my points through other point avenues. 


Coke Rewards
This reward program recently changed and not for the better in my opinion, however, it is still worth it to me to have a bag full of caps or 12-pack flaps. Then when they do release a reward I can quickly enter the required codes! Some of the recent rewards have been a FREE large drink and popcorn at AMC for 10 codes and $5 amazon gift card for 10 codes. Around Christmas they have a sweepstakes with TONS of winners. I won 4 different awards over the prize period. Much better than other sweepstakes! 


Disney Movie Rewards
I love the DIsney reward program! Every time you purchase a Disney DVD, Blu-ray, digital movie, or go see a Disney movie at the movie theater you earn points. They have a lot of different rewards available from electronics to toys, DVDs, occasional gift cards, and more! I've redeemed my points for Marvel items, Disney character plushes, and one of my favorites is movie tickets or concession cash!


MyPoints
MyPoints has a lot of different ways to earn points. Similar to Swagbucks, you can do surveys, watch videos, online shop through their site, and more to earn points. I redeem my points for Amazon gift cards. This is the other reward site that I rely on to provide Christmas bucks!
Ipsos I-Say
One of the few survey sites that it worth your time! Every survey you attempt you'll get points. Even if you don't qualify you'll get 5 points for trying and a chance at their monthly sweepstakes. I love that I get rewarded for my time no matter what and this company does a lot of product testing surveys. I'm currently participating in a soda product test; so I get FREE soda and points for my time.
Valued Opinions
I have signed up for every survey site out there. I now only do surveys through Swagbucks, MyPoints, I-Say, and Valued Opinions. All the other ones the payouts were too low, or I wouldn't qualify for one reason or another after completing practically the whole survey- annoying.  Valued Opinions has several different gift card options. I primarily redeem for Amazon gift cards {Do you see a pattern? Redeeming for the same type of gift card through all these different reward sites builds up a good reserve for gifts!}
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