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AARPTeri
Community Manager
October 27, 2025

Share the Joy of Savings! AARP Rewards Community Contest 2025

  • October 27, 2025
  • 155 replies
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This season, we want you to share the joy of saving!  Let’s hear from YOU!  Tell us how you save using the AARP Rewards program to make the holidays brighter!  Whether it’s stacking points, redeeming rewards for gifts, or stretching their budget during the holidays. Simply reply to the post to enter with your tip, idea, or story (50 -100 words) on how you save using the AARP Rewards porgram. 

 

Entry period is from November 3rd through December 12, 2025.  Official Rules - https://community.aarp.org/t5/AARP-Rewards-Connect/Share-the-Joy-of-Saving-Contest-2025-CONTEST-OFFICIAL-RULES/ 

155 replies

Contributor ⭐
December 10, 2025

Great savings on the gift cards through AARP. I especially like the Harry And David gift card for my friends and family. Great name brads to like the Gap. Out just that easy to find simmering for everyone and stay right on budget. Winning with AARP. 

Contributor ⭐
December 10, 2025

I use a combination of entering daily instant win sweeps to win a $10 gift card or redeem points for $5 gift cards. They make a great combination of gift cards as gifts for stocking stuffers for family. Any left over are used for dirty Santa for people to steal the gift cards they really want most. We have so much fun for the holidays because of AARP!

SereneSeagull
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
December 11, 2025

That sounded fun!

Contributor ⭐
December 11, 2025

 I have yet to find a use for the AARP Rewards! Nothing is of interest to me. Or maybe it is just the area that I live.

SereneSeagull
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
December 11, 2025

Save up for Amazon gift card for points, Kohls etc…

Contributor ⭐
December 11, 2025

I bought an airline gift card and saved some money off with the AARP rewards system. It was great.

Community Champion ⭐
December 11, 2025

Hi bh8736,

That’s great to hear! We’re glad the AARP Rewards savings worked well for you, and thanks for sharing your experience.

AARP Darryl

Contributor ⭐
December 11, 2025

I have been enjoying the app and contest also ! I won a dicks sporting goods $50 certificate and bought a Stanley thermos fo give as Christmas present! Also my husband and I got to go to the free screening of wicked! We are enjoying the holidays with AARP!

Contributor ⭐
December 11, 2025

I'm still pretty new to it.  I've been doing it for the last few months.  I learn alot through the video's and quiz's and enjoy that. The points add up.  I get them also now through my fitbit steps earned.  I have put in for some sweepstakes and toward winning a gift card.  None so far but it's just a matter of time. Thank you.

Contributor ⭐
December 12, 2025

I'm taking advantage of the wealth of information readily available in the quizzes and videos the AARP Rewards Program offers.  For example, I plan on impressing my guests by telling them that leftover beer can be used to clean stains, remove rust, and spruce up wood furnishings. I guarantee you they won't believe me, and the surprise will be entertaining.  I also took note of healthy eating habits that I will employ at Christmas dinner, like enjoying a bowl of soup before the meal to help regulate how much I eat for the main course.

 

I've also been completing the daily crossword puzzle and other activities to accumulate points so that I can enter as many tickets into one of the sweepstakes to increase my chances of winning. And just like my Christmas wish that I asked for from Santa, the sweepstakes I'm hoping to win will remain a secret. 

 

And finally, I'm going to take advantage of some of the discounted gift cards to to help save some money on my holiday expenses. In particular, the gift card for Michael's, so that I can save on the materials I need for a fun holiday project I have planned for my nephews. 

 

There are plenty of ways to use AARP Rewards, but it is up to you to take the time and discover how. And the best part is that it's fun, which is a welcome distraction to mitigate any potential stress.

 

And just as Bob Cratchit in a Christmas Carol expressed his gratitude for the meager meal Scrooge initially provided him, choosing to celebrate its abundance rather than bemoan it's scarcity, no matter how much we save or spend this season, the holidays call us to abandon need and want and to feel blessed for what we have.  As Tiny Tim aptly put: God bless us every one. 

SereneSeagull
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
December 13, 2025

I thoroughly enjoyed your entry for this.  Thank you for the wonderful descriptions.  Good luck!

Contributor ⭐
December 13, 2025

 I use my Rewards points to enter the Instant Win Sweepstakes. I won several times and will use the certificates for stocking stuffers.

Contributor ⭐
December 15, 2025

 What's your secret? I never win those!

Domestically Challenged
Contributor ⭐
December 13, 2025

If people would volunteer to serve others on Christmas Day, they would save money and feel much better for the service that they perform. As a long time volunteer, I have never felt better than when I served other people. Giving doesn't have to cost money,if you just give your time to help the people in your community.

SereneSeagull
Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐
December 13, 2025

Matthew how do you use your rewards to save during the holidays?