Update 10/2/22: Reposting this in case you’d missed it when I published it last year.
I learned today that Swagbucks has a member recognition program that’s free to join. Perhaps this is common knowledge, but I had no clue before today and so I thought it’d be worth sharing in case you weren’t aware either.
It’s definitely worth registering for this program because not only is it free, but it also offers some potentially decent benefits depending on the level you’re eligible for.
You can register for the Swagbucks member recognition program here. Here are the different membership levels and the benefits you’ll receive at each level.
- Level 1 – Pearl (Earn 250 lifetime Swagbucks)
- 50 SB rebate on your next gift card redemption
- Double SB on your next survey completion
- Level 2 – Opal (Earn 1,000 lifetime Swagbucks)
- 75 SB rebate on your next gift card redemption
- Double SB on your next two survey completions
- Level 3 – Onyx (Earn 5,000 lifetime Swagbucks)
- 100 SB rebate on your next gift card redemption
- Double SB on your next two survey completions
- Level 4 – Amethyst (Earn 10,000 lifetime Swagbucks)
- 100 SB rebate on your next gift card redemption
- Double SB on your next three survey completions
- Level 5 – Jade (Earn 50,000 lifetime Swagbucks)
- 125 SB rebate on your next gift card redemption
- Double SB on your next survey completion
- 300 bonus SB on your next cashback shopping purchase (i.e. using Swagbucks’ shopping portal feature)
- Level 6 – Topaz (Earn 100,000 lifetime Swagbucks)
- 125 SB rebate on your next gift card redemption
- Double SB on your next two survey completions
- 300 bonus SB on your next cashback shopping purchase (i.e. using Swagbucks’ shopping portal feature)
- Real-time shipment of one gift card up to $25 each month (This normally takes a couple of days to process.) (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 2,500 SB within 6 months of reaching the Topaz level.)
- Real-time access to your shopping SB for one transaction, up to 1,000 SB per transaction per month and credits within two hours. Travel is excluded. (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 2,500 SB within 6 months of reaching the Topaz level.)
- Level 7 – Sapphire (Earn 250,000 lifetime Swagbucks)
- 125 SB rebate on your next gift card redemption
- Double SB on your next two survey completions
- 500 bonus SB on your next cashback shopping purchase (i.e. using Swagbucks’ shopping portal feature)
- 2 extra hours to redeem any Swag Code. (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 2,500 SB within 6 months of reaching the Sapphire level.)
- Real-time shipment of one gift card up to $25 each month (This normally takes a couple of days to process.) (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 2,500 SB within 6 months of reaching the Sapphire level.)
- Real-time access to your shopping SB for one transaction, up to 1,000 SB per transaction per month and credits within two hours. Travel is excluded. (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 2,500 SB within 6 months of reaching the Sapphire level.)
- Level 8 – Emerald (Earn 500,000 lifetime Swagbucks)
- 125 SB rebate on your next gift card redemption
- Double SB on your next three survey completions
- 1,000 bonus SB on your next cashback shopping purchase (i.e. using Swagbucks’ shopping portal feature)
- 2 extra hours to redeem any Swag Code. (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 2,500 SB within 6 months of reaching the Emerald level.)
- Real-time shipment of one gift card up to $25 each month (This normally takes a couple of days to process.) (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 2,500 SB within 6 months of reaching the Emerald level.)
- Real-time access to your shopping SB for two transactions, up to 1,000 SB per transaction per month and credits within two hours. Travel is excluded. (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 2,500 SB within 6 months of reaching the Emerald level.)
- Level 9 – Ruby (Earn 1,000,000 lifetime Swagbucks)
- One-time bonus of 15,000 SB.
- Double SB on your next three survey completions
- 2 extra hours to redeem any Swag Code. (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 5,000 SB within 6 months of reaching the Ruby level.)
- Real-time shipment of two gift cards up to $25 each month (These normally take a couple of days to process.) (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 5,000 SB within 6 months of reaching the Ruby level.)
- Real-time access to your shopping SB for three transactions, up to 1,000 SB per transaction per month and credits within two hours. Travel is excluded. (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 5,000 SB within 6 months of reaching the Ruby level.)
- Level 10 – Diamond (Earn 2,000,000 lifetime Swagbucks)
- One-time bonus of 25,000 SB.
- Double SB on your next three survey completions
- 2 extra hours to redeem any Swag Code. (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 5,000 SB within 6 months of reaching the Diamond level.)
- Real-time shipment of four gift cards up to $25 each month (These normally take a couple of days to process.) (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 5,000 SB within 6 months of reaching the Diamond level.)
- Real-time access to your shopping SB for three transactions, up to 1,000 SB per transaction per month and credits within two hours. Travel is excluded. (This is an ongoing benefit each month; to maintain access to it, you have to earn at least 5,000 SB within 6 months of reaching the Diamond level.)
The upper levels are obviously where the better benefits are. While it might seem like it’d take a long time to get there, I’m already at Sapphire status mainly due to buying Swagbucks at cost whenever they run that promotion (such as right now (as at November 7, 2021) at the 2,000 SB level). Most of my MyGiftCardsPlus orders get auto-cancelled, so if you’re successful with those orders then there’s a good chance you’re already in the upper echelons of status with Swagbucks.
A Dilemma
This program makes it a little harder to decide whether to earn MyGiftCardsPlus cashback via Swagbucks or Upromise. If your account is set up to earn cashback via Upromise, you get the benefit of early access to some gift card deals. For example, this past week MyGiftCardsPlus offered 20% cashback on Bass Pro Shops gift cards for Upromise members. That lasted for a few days before it became available for members earning Swagbucks; it then sold out almost immediately when Swagbucks members could buy them.
While that had made me think Upromise would be a better option for most people, there are now two reasons why earning Swagbucks could be better rather than one. The original reason was that Swagbucks sometimes has decent redemptions for gift cards where you can get better than 1 cent per point of value. This member recognition program is now the second reason. If you’re regularly buying gift cards from MyGiftCardsPlus, it probably wouldn’t take too long to get to 1,000,000 or 2,000,000 lifetime Swagbucks, at which point you’d earn $150 or $250 worth of Swagbucks along with other benefits.
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Again, this is a free program and so it seems like a no-brainer to register seeing as there’s basically free cash on offer here. I don’t get anything out of this – the links in this post aren’t my Swagbucks referral links – I just want you to get the most points possible!