Audience Rewards Points Play Trivia

To help in aiding people in finding the latest Audience Rewards data, I created this page to store all of the information, as well as some answers to commonly asked questions. This way you will not need to necessarily search through my blog to find the latest posts, although you still can read all of my other valuable content. If you have any questions related to the program, please post a comment here or email me at justin (at) inacents.com so I can help with answering your questions.

First, Audience Rewards is a New York based program created for the purpose of rewarding those who purchase Broadway show tickets through their system. The program is similar to any other reward system where the more points one earns, the more they can be redeemed towards other Broadway tickets. Audience Rewards gives away Show Points on the purchase to tickets in select cities, with the goal of becoming a National program. My favorite part about the program though is the relationship with other reward programs and the free trivia questions.

I stumbled upon the Audience Rewards Points Play trivia questions back in early July 2011 when going through my US Airways account, and quickly learned about the several other airlines and various other reward programs that could receive free miles or points within the Audience Rewards program. Audience Rewards began offering the trivia questions for free miles/points in May 2011. InACents then began tracking the latest questions and answers to get the information out to the audience. I thank you readers, as well as those that help link to me for the latest information!

Quick note, InACents was not the first to mention Audience Rewards in the blogosphere. I would like to give credit to MoneyandMap.com for beating me by a couple of days to posting the first record of answers to the Audience Rewards program. Susie has also shared some very valuable information on her blog, so please consider giving her a read!

I personally monitor all of the latest Delta, US Airways, and SPG Points Play programs as well as the Best Buy questions and research each and every trivia question. So know that I have tested out and earned miles or points in each program.

So now for the good stuff, free miles and points. Here are the latest questions and answers for the programs I partake in.

Delta Skymiles (Updated 5-16-12)

• (20 points) Which of the following songs does Donna NOT sing a part of in Mamma Mia!? The Name of the Game

Repeat question from Delta program 2-15-12.

• In How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Hedy LaRue is who? Biggley’s mistress
• The Banks family lives on what street in Mary Poppins? Cherry Tree Lane
• What city has The Lion King NOT performed in? Sao Paolo
• Which of the following songs by The Four Seasons isn’t featured in Jersey Boys? Marlena
• True or False? Peter and the Starcatcher is based on a book of the same title. False

US Airways Dividend Miles (Updated 5-18-12)

• Nina Arianda grew up partly in what country other than the USA? Germany
• The Araca Group is a production and general management company that got their start with what musical? Urinetown

Repeat question from SPG program 7/18/11.

• In what theatre did The Lion King originally open on Broadway? The New Amsterdam
• A song from Memphis was on an album released in 2004 by what well-known band? Bon Jovi

Repeat question from US Airways program 2/28/12.

• By the finale of Jersey Boys, which of the following of the original members has passed away, according to their final moments in the show? Nick Massi
• What soap opera did Tammy Blanchard, of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, begin her film/tv career on? Guiding Light

Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) Points (Updated 5-19-12)

• (20 points) What television show helped launch The Four Seasons’ first hit? American Bandstand
• Voca People markets itself mostly as what? A musical event
• What song is Frankie Valli asked to sing by an important NJ gangstar (gangster) in the early scenes of Jersey Boys? My Mother’s Eyes
• How many Tony Awards did the current revival of Chicago win? 6
• At what theatre does War Horse play? Vivien Beaumont Theatre
• What height is the tallest animal in The Lion King stage production? 18 feet

I will also be keep dibs on the Best Buy Reward Zone questions because of a nice little feature of being able to transfer points at points.com into other reward programs. This is an excellent way to be able to top off an account or keep one from becoming inactive.

Best Buy Reward Zone (Updated 5-17-12)

• True or False? The original first act of The Phantom of the Opera was presented at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s home. True

Repeat question from Delta program 2/26/12.

• What is the last song of Act I in Jersey Boys? Walk Like a Man
• The Wicked backstage tour, Behind the Emerald Curtain, was formed by a man who played what role in the original Broadway company? The Witch’s Father

Repeat question from US Airways program 2/8/12.

• What is Mr Banks’ first name? (Mary Poppins) George
• David Ives is from what US City? Chicago
• Aside from Eva Peron, what other real life character has Elena Roger portrayed on stage? Edith Piaf

A word of note for those collecting Best Buy Reward Zone points via Audience Rewards. User “tarheelblue” on MilePoint reminded everyone of the following information from the Best Buy Reward Zone FAQs:

“At the beginning of every calendar year, the points in your account (except for Reward Zone program Credit Card members, Reward Zone program MasterCard cardmembers and Premier Silver members) will be issued as reward certificates down to the $5 level, and any remaining points will be forfeited.

You will begin earning points for the new calendar year on January 1. For example, if you have 300 points, you will receive a $5 reward certificate (250 Points) and you will forfeit 50 points.”

Therefore, around the end of this year, everyone should be considering transferring their unused points into another reward program via points.com.

Currently, Audience Rewards does not offer the free trivia questions for the Amtrak partnership, but is working on retooling the Amtrak page to be able to offer rewards in the future. Adding Amtrak to the list will bring some excellent advantages to being able to acquire Amtrak Rewards.

Questions for beginners

When did the Audience Rewards Points Play trivia questions begin offering free miles or points in partner programs? May 2011

How do I earn miles/points in multiple Audience Rewards partnership programs?
There are several ways to do it. Personally, I have each account with each airline set up under a separate email address. So for example, we have three accounts with Delta, and I set it up all under my gmail account. The great thing about gmail is that if your email address has periods in it (i.e. xxx.xxx.xxx@gmail.com), the periods can be moved to any other point (or none at all) within the same email, and it will all go to the same account. So you can set up one account under xxx.xxx.xxx@gmail.com, another under xxxxxx.xxx@gmail.com, and another with xxxxxxxxx@gmail.com, or any other combination, and it will 1) count as a new email for your Audience Rewards account, and 2) it will all end up in the same email account.

So you can go through each of the Audience Rewards programs and create a new account for each. That is how I have each of ours done, which is a lot to manage, I know. It was not until I got around to creating my SPG account that I realized within Audience Rewards you can set up each separate program and set it to which program you want to earn rewards in.

If all of your Audience Rewards partner accounts are linked to the same account, it would mean that for each program you would have to go into Audience Rewards and change the default earning preference. The advantage though is that you would build Audience Rewards points in one account, getting closer to redemption.

Personally, I prefer keeping them all under separate accounts because I do not want to go in a switch things around each time. Either way, it is up to you which method works best for you. You can easily manage it all in a simple spreadsheet to keep it all straight, which I highly recommend so you know which email address is linked to which account.

What earning preference should I chose within Audience Rewards to earn miles/points in the selected program?

I have heard people having experience that it does not matter what you set your earning preference too because that is only meant for actual purchases. However, I do not believe it because several times after I have answered a question, the trivia page said I only earned 2 Show Points and if I wanted to earn rewards in US Airways/Delta/SPG/etc., I needed to switch my earning preference. After switching my earning preference, and going back into the same question, it then would show I earned 2 miles or points in the respective program.

I recommend setting your account to earn the miles or points associated with which ever programs questions you are answering. Do not set your preference to Audience Rewards points if you want to earn miles/points in another program. Then you will earn 2 miles/points in the associated program and 2 additional Audience Rewards points.

We have our SPG account associated with my wife’s Delta Audience Rewards account. I have found that by setting the preference to earning SPG points, when I answer the Delta questions we still earn credit in her Delta account even though it is not set as the earning preference. And we also then earn the SPG points when answering those questions. For clarification, with this method you will not earn Delta and SPG miles/points in both programs.

What can I do with Best Buy Reward Zone points?

It really depends on what your goals are for obtaining points in the Best Buy program. Personally, I am collecting Best Buy Reward Zone points solely to be able to transfer them into other reward programs at points.com. The transfer ratio is not always good when transferring on points.com, but it can be an excellent resource to top of an account, or keep it active and from expiring.

How come there are different questions when I click on Points Play at the Audience Rewards website?

1) How are you accessing the questions? Are you going to AudienceRewards.com and clicking on Points Play to access the trivia questions, or are you accessing each of the partner pages (Delta, US Airways, etc.) and clicking on each of their Points Play links? Audience Rewards has tons of questions they offer to only earn Audience Rewards points, and these are accessed on their Point Play home page.

You need to make sure you go to each of the individual partner Points Play pages to access their respective questions.

Here is a quick guide to access each company’s questions.
a) If you want to go to Delta’s questions, when you are at AudienceRewards.com, at the upper left click on Partner Points and click on Delta’s page.
b) Then within each partner page you will need to click Points Play to access their respective questions.

I also provide direct links to the trivia above.

2) There is a chance that within each of the partner Points Play trivia questions that you might see additional 20 mile/point questions that are not found on my lists. These are because Audience Rewards only gives out the 20 mile/point question to the first so many people to respond to the questions. It is strictly a first come, first serve system.

So if there is an additional question, you might need to seek out the answer if I do not provide it. Feel free to share the answer with the InACents community so others may see it too.

Is there a limit to how many questions I can answer per day?

There is a limit to answering 20 questions per day per account. Even though the trivia questions associated with the partners to earn miles or points is only 5-6 questions per week, it is another reason I recommend having separate Audience Rewards accounts for each partner.