Bingo Loyalty Schemes

The term “bingo loyalty scheme” is used here to refer to any programme that an online bingo site operates in an effort to garner loyalty from the people who choose to play bingo at that site. The bingo sites themselves may refer to their own schemes in other ways, describing them as “Reward Programmes”, “VIP Rewards” and so on, but if they are based on the idea of awarding points of some sort for every bingo ticket purchase a player makes, the term “loyalty scheme” is just as applicable.

There are a number of factors that should be taken into consideration when assessing the merits of any given bingo loyalty scheme. The following points are worth your consideration, and will allow you to compare the schemes offered by two or more bingo sites to determine which one will be most valuable to you as a player:

Potential Benefits

A loyalty scheme is only as valuable as the potential benefits that it offers, so you should investigate the rewards that are available from the scheme. A loyalty scheme offering tangible prizes or cash equivalents is likely to be far better than one that only offers free entry into prize draws, for example.

Ratio Of Reward

You also need to look at how much it will cost in real terms to receive rewards under the terms of the loyalty scheme. To do this, find out how many points you need to claim the minimum reward, then look at how much you will need to spend in order to achieve those points. The less it costs to start receiving rewards for your loyalty, the better.

Time Limits

Some online bingo sites demand that you convert any points you have collected within a certain time frame, otherwise you lose them. You need to see if this is the case with the site you are looking to play at, and if it is, give some thought to whether you will be able to collect enough points to qualify for a worthwhile reward. The very best loyalty schemes do not set any time limits and instead allows players to take as long as they want to collect and redeem points.

Applicability

You should make sure that the loyalty scheme will be applicable to the type of game you intend to play at the site. Some schemes award points only for bingo tickets purchased for specific types of games (such as those with more expensive tickets), so if this is the case and you aren’t interested in playing those particular games, the loyalty scheme will not be of benefit to you.

Loyalty schemes are not essential for an online bingo site to be worth joining by any means, but if you do want to choose a site with the value of a loyalty scheme in mind, the above points will help you to quickly assess their most important aspects.

Last Updated: 08/06/2007