I started earning points daily with the incorporation of the new program. Before that I would earn points now and then. Then one day I had to use them up because the program was changing. I always try to earn the max of 7500 points daily. It is not hard and on an average day it might take me 45 minutes to earn them. Your results may vary. There are several categories to earn points. When on the points site, use the filter tab. Three themes: Health, wealth, and self. Next choose the type of activity. 7 to choose from. Finally the sort, three types. I filter it to self, videos, and any sort. A few pages of activities will pop up. I do these activities first. As I complete them, a check mark appears. I do all of the ones in this section. When I have completed them I change the filter. Self, quizzes, any sort. Repeat the process. Eventually I will exhaust this filter and move on. The exception to this is when I filter it to tools and calculations. I will leave all three themes as it is only 2 pages of activity. I have also done one time activities like signing up for newsletters, or yearly activities. But the ones that are monthly, weekly, or daily will be available to complete. By using the filters you do not need to scroll through 32 pages of activities to find the ones you need to complete. You will only be scrolling through a few pages. Then you are done with that filter and can move on to the next filter.
I have done the games but it is very limited in points.
I have not used the fitness tracker or the AARP engagement.
You can also earn points with the trivia questions that appear in the AARP Rewards newsletter. You need to scroll down the page to find this event.
The first of each month, under the DISCOVER tab, you will find extra credit offers. These are offers which you will eventually find in any of the above filters but if you go to the Discover page each month and earn these 10 or so activities now, you will gain access to the extra credit rewards sooner.
If you do as many of the activities that are one time (for this time period, be it weekly, monthly, or yearly) you will get to the point (for me it is about the 20th of each month) that the only activities left are daily. Don't worry, you can do the same activities every day and get points each time.
If you find yourself with points not being awarded or problems with a given activity, you can use the chat feature under the help tab on the AARP website. Ask the bot for a live agent to help resolve any issues you are having.
Good luck and earn your points!