Good morning everyone, happy Tuesday! (Only a few more days to Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday – I hope you are ready.) Last month, I wrote Introduction to San Francisco Bay BART Perks Test Program. In that post, I showed you how the BART Perks program works, when to take BART rides to earn bonus points, and how to redeem your points for chances to win cash prizes. If you live in the Bay Area and have a Clipper Card, there is absolutely no reason not to sign up for BART Perks – the program is free to use and you could win a few dollars (like me). If you use my referral link, you will get 250 points for signing up.
Last night, I got an email from PayPal that said BART Perks sent me $17 for my October winnings. If you won any money in October, you should receive a PayPal payment. It looks like payments are sent 3 weeks after the month ends, so winnings from November should be sent out around December 21.
I logged into my PayPal account and viewed the transaction in more details. It is strange that the notes said that my payment is for the period of October 4-31, even though I joined BART Perks on October 22.
Here is my BART Perks account homepage. In the left corner, you can see your elite status, current points balance, and lifetime winnings. Click View Activity to see more details of your winnings.
I won a lot of small winnings from BART Perks in October and I have one winning in November. I’m not sure why it still says that my first $17 is scheduled, I assume it will change to “paid” or something similar.
The secret to winning cash prizes is to play the Spin to Win game. The amount you can win depends on which of the 4 game boards you are on (higher boards have bigger prizes) and what your elite status is (higher elite status provides bigger prizes). If you take BART daily during the bonus hours (between 6:30am-7:30am and between 8:30am-9:30am), you could rack up the points and rake in the winnings.
If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. Have a great day everyone.