I pointed out in this post that Sony Rewards had credited 10,000 bonus points in our accounts at www.sonyrewards.com on April 24, 2008. The promotion from Sony Card was a really great deal. I have never seen such a huge bonus from a certain credit card for simply using $500 in a month. Yes, usually you can get a small amount of bonus points for using your credit cards during a certain promotion period, but the bonus points are usually in 1,000 scale. Last year, they mysteriously credited $100 in your Sony card account. Surprised, right? Anyway, Sony Card is a really good card to get some free money from Sony and Chase.

The problem here is how to use those Sony points. Maybe you can redeem a Sony Walkman Video Player, maybe you can redeem a Sony home theater system, or maybe you can get a hot Sony alpha SLR camera with some new money (You have to pay some money.). Anyway, there are many choices there for you to make the decisions. However, you may still be not satisfied with those rewards and want some gift cards. Essentially every rewards program offers gift card redemption for their customers. Sony Rewards didn’t do so. But Sony Rewards is offering gift card redemption now! They just introduced the gift card redemption option in late April this year. The gift card redemption is a really great supplement to Sony Rewards Program.

There are many gift cards available at Sony rewards program. You can choose those gift cards by categories: apparel, department store, dinning, gasoline, general merchant, and specialty. Some great gift cards I like/suggest are: BP, Barnes & Noble, Border’s, Starbucks, Kohl’s, Macy’s, and TJX. The values of gift cards vary from $25 to $100. The redemption is based on 1 sony rewards point=$0.01. For each gift card redemption, 150 sony rewards points will be charged.

If you don’t use this card quite often, here are some tips on how to earn some small Sony rewards points.

• Finish 1 poll will give you 10 points (weekly)
• Update your wishlist will give you about 25 points
• Visit www.sonyrewards.com now and then, sometimes you can get some welcome points
• Visit “Insider Specials” frequently and you can always find great deals

If you don’t have a Sony Card yet, you can apply for this card through this link which will give you 10,000 Sony rewards points after you spend $299 or more.