Comments on: Get Rewarded when you Exercise

By: Antony Robinson

Antony Robinson — Fri, 18 May 2018 11:10:47 +0000

I’m signed up with uk running heroes. But, as mentioned, even though I have a huge number of points there’s very little of interest in the rewards.

My android phone has developed the common fault with the accelerometer in that it works after a restart then stops working sometime afterwards, so apps which are based on counting steps don’t work for me.

I tried BetterPoints as it works on GPS but unfortunately it’s GPS tracking is hopeless.

Like you, I log my runs with a Garmin watch and would rather not carry my phone around as well.

In short none of the available running rewards schemes seem to work for me at the moment.

By: Alan Cole

Alan Cole — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 05:27:32 +0000

Still going well with the Bounts points, although the range of things available as rewards is pretty limited these days. Everything seems to be out of stock and they number of points required to get an Amazon voucher has increased too. On another note though, I've finally accrued enough points in Receipt Hog for a Â£3 Amazon voucher. Use my referral code: yenk1159 if you sign up to receipt hog.

By: Mum

Mum — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 20:50:38 +0000

Something tels me oh won’t be moving, especially to the U S x

By: Alan Cole

Alan Cole — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:55:31 +0000

In reply to Mum.

Yep, nothing I can do about them – unless I move to the states! I didn’t do anything special to get the points though and I was still accruing points from Bounts at the same time.

Al.

By: Mum

Mum — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 13:06:14 +0000

Oopps, so will you be able to do anything about the achievements vouchers or just have to write them off …at least you enjoyed the activities to get them in the first place x

By: Alan Cole

Alan Cole — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 06:30:47 +0000

As far as AchieveMint goes, I have accrued over 10,000 points but have also discovered that you can only redeem your points for cash if you are a US resident.

I have redeemed another Â£20 worth of Bounts points for Amazon vouchers though.

Al.

By: Alan Cole

Alan Cole — Wed, 18 May 2016 09:29:15 +0000

In reply to Alan Cole. Thought you might like to know that Bounts is still working well for me. Having cashed in my points for a Â£10 Amazon voucher I've been holding out for a while now and haven't cashed them in. Two reasons for this:

The Amazon Vouchers ahve been out of stock for a while
When they were in stock you could get a better deal on a Â£50 voucher than you could a Â£10 voucher

I now have over 10,000 Bounts points though which should be enough for a Â£50 voucher when they come back in stock. Question is do I wait for the stocks to be replenished or just cash them in for several Â£5 Morrisons vouchers? Whatever I do, that's Â£60 worth of vouchers in less than 4 months. Not a bad way to make some money. I've also joined another scheme that seems to be working quite well too. It's called AchieveMint and although I've only recently become a member it seems to have back-dated my activities quite a way so I already have over 6,000 points taking me quite a way towards the 10,000 needed for a $10 payout - It will remain to be seen how the payout system works and if I can actually claim the $10 here in the UK.

By: Alan Cole

Alan Cole — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 07:52:31 +0000

Well, it works! I've just received my first reward from Bounts - A Â£10 Amazon gift voucher that I've already redeemed.

By: Alan Cole

Alan Cole — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 07:53:15 +0000

Having been a member of a few of these schemes it it looking as though Bounts is still the best in terms of returns – I had enough points within a week for a Â£5 voucher and they are steadily rising. The vouchers are from big name partners such as Amazon, Argos, Starbucks, M&S and Morrisons too.

Running Heroes works well for pure runners but the rewards don’t seem as good as they are only for money off on fairly obscure partners, not the big names.

Higi has a really nice dashboard and cool trophies for certain achievements and some of the rewards would be OK, but they are all US based so we can’t actually get them.

I’ll let you know when I cash in my first Bounts points, but sign up now and start getting rewarded: https://bounts.it/registration?getme100points=alynyslas885

Al.