The BondRewards for Education program allows you to save with a currency called BondDollars. As a BondReward's member, you accumulate BondDollars for making purchases at over 600 participating partners in addition to a participating in a number of non-shopping activities. These rewards can be redeemed in cash, U.S. Savings Bonds or a host of other redemption options we may make available based on partner requirements.

BondDollars are the currency used on the BondRewards site. One BondDollar is equivalent to 50 Cents U.S., so 50 BondDollars can be redeemed for either a $25 U.S. Savings Bond (worth at least $50 at maturity) or for $25 cash. You can redeem BondDollars (subject to redemption policies) for U.S. Savings Bonds through your Treasury Direct account or have cash deposited directly to your checking or savings account.

Please see the Earning BondDollars section of our Terms of Use page for a more thorough outline on BondDollars, their regulations, and how you can use them.

Nearly every item or service you purchase through BondRewards for Education qualifies for BondDollars. When determining the amount of your reward, taxes, shipping and handling, or any portion of a purchase that is paid for with coupons, gift certificates or a store credit is excluded. The purchase of products and services which are completed by phone do not qualify for rewards. In some cases, merchant specific exclusions apply as well. Many stores do not pay out a credit on the purchase of gift cards. You can view the specific terms of a store by hovering over the store logo on the Shop page.

Depending on the merchant, it takes 2 to 30 days from the time they shipped the qualifying purchase. If it has been more than 30 days since the ship date and your transaction has not posted to your BondRewards for Education account, please click here to report a missing transaction. Missing transactions must be reported no later than ninety (90) days from the qualifying purchase. BondDollars will not be awarded on missing transactions after 90 days. For services and travel related purchases, BondDollars are rewarded on the day the qualifying purchases was delivered or completed (some examples include but are not limited to; day of flight, hotel stay, subscription delivery, services rendered and so on).

When you click on one our stores, you should see a Visit ID window which displays the store's info. This window will transfer you directly to the store of your choice. Provided that you do not use any coupon codes towards your purchase that are NOT found on BondRewardsEducation.com, you should be properly cookied to receive the credit. Always make sure you are logged into your BondRewards for Education account before you start shopping.

Easy. When you are ready to make a purchase log onto www.BondRewardseducation.com and click on one of our many stores to complete your purchase. The percent located next to the store link is the amount credited to you in BondDollars. For instance, if you spend $100 at a store that offers 10% BondDollars you will receive 10 BondDollars in your account.

The BondRewards for Education Visit ID verifies that you clicked an store or offer link on BondRewardsEducation.com. It provides you with a number to refer to should you need to contact us with a question about a specific purchase. Visit ID's are recorded to your account each time you visit a store from the BondRewards for Education site regardless of whether or not you make a purchase during that visit. BondRewards for Education Visit ID's are recorded to your account, under the My Visit IDs link in the My Account menu.

There are different ways you can donate to your school. The easiest way is to do all of your online shopping through BondRewardsEducation.com. Every time you make a purchase, a percentage of your total goes directly to your chosen school or program, in addition to providing you with BondDollars. You can also choose to donate your BondDollar rewards to your school of choice, as well. Additionally, BondRewards for Education allows you to make a direct donation to your school or program through our site.

BondRewards for Education gives you the flexibility to not just support your favorite school, but also to direct your BondDollars or cash donations to a specific program or group at your school, such as a sports team, academic club or special event. When you sign up for BondRewards for Education, you are asked to select your school of choice. After finding and selecting your school, you can then go to the Donate tab then select a specific program or group. The rewards you earn will go directly to that program or group, instead of the general school fund.

You can redeem your BondDollars for U.S. Savings Bonds, cash or making a donation to your school. Please note that if you do not have the minimum requirement of 50.00 BondDollars you will not be able to redeem.