Walgreens Balance Rewards Update: Redeem Your Points Sooner

Here's some awesome news for all you Walgreens shoppers -- we can now begin redeeming our Balance Rewards points at as low of 1,000 points!

Walgreens updated the Balance Rewards Terms and Conditions on May 5, 2013.  Now we can start cashing in our points as soon as we've accumulated just 1,000, as opposed to the 5,000 points we had to save up before.

You still don't have to redeem all your points at once, either -- but you do have to redeem them in chunks that get broken down like this:

So, here's an example: I currently have 8,000 points saved on my Balance Rewards card.  If I wanted, I could use them on two transactions, redeeming 3,000 points on one and 5,000 points on the other.

Or, I could use 2,000 points at a time on four different transactions, or even 1,000 points at a time on my next eight shopping trips!

Just remember to tell your cashier that you want to redeem points BEFORE s/he totals your transaction!

This flexibility will really help shoppers plan out their deal lists -- especially on weeks where there are loads of freebies.

Read the new Walgreens Balance Rewards Terms & Conditions here.

Be sure to investigate all the other Walgreens freebies and deals currently available before you hit the store.