My Coke Rewards and Pepsi Stuff - two rewards programs you should be doing

I have been a member of My Coke Rewards for over a year, probably closer to two. This is a unique rewards program in which you enter your codes from either 20 oz bottles, 2 liter bottles, 12 packs, or cases. Each code is worth a certain point value (the lowest is 3 points for the 20 oz or the 2 liter bottles) and the highest is worth 20 points, that being for the cases. The 12 packs are worth 10 points each. For a how-to-guide on My Coke Rewards, please check out this article "Coke Rewards Program --- How it works and how to decide if you should join." This article gives a great overview of the program if you are not familiar with it. I have had great success with this program, mainly because I love to drink Classic Coke. I have redeemed for numerous magazines (which can be given to family members, please see my earlier post about free magazines where I discuss how to do this. You don't have to enter your codes every time you happen to have one lying around, but you do need to keep your account current. There's a max of ten codes per day, so you could save them up in bunches of 10 and sit down and enter them all at once. However, don't let your account sit idle for long as after 90 days of non-activity, your points will disappear. My Coke Rewards is slated to end early next year.


Pepsi has recently come out with its Pepsi Stuff promotion, much like the My Coke Rewards program. However, unlike the Coke Rewards program, not all Pepsi products are participating. Mountain Dew is notably absent, much to my dismay as my husband loves Diet Dew. However, he dutifully brings me home caps from his Diet Pepsi when he happens to have one to drink at work.

The premise is basically the same, enter your codes online and redeem for things. Much like Coke, there are sweeps drawings and you can dump your codes to try to win some nice gear or save them up for prizes, which come from their partner, Amazon. You can also redeem cap codes for song downloads, another excellent way to feed your need for music on a budget. All in all, both programs have nice prizes if you are willing to save up. Since they both are continuing through the end of the year, there's plenty of time to save up for something nice.