MTS Bonus: how to connect and where to spend points

Competition among Russian mobile providers forces them to attract customers with favorable tariff conditions, discounts, and additional gifts. MTS is no exception: its subscribers are private individuals. Individual entrepreneurs and members of “Their Circle” can connect to the MTS Bonus, accumulate points and exchange them for free communication, traffic, discounts in major stores, etc. The more actively the client uses the services of the operator, the more significant is his savings in communication, entertainment and shopping.

Registration in the MTS Bonus program

You can register in the MTS Bonus program using any of the following methods:

• sending SMS to number 4555 with some non-zero content. Communication is free in the home region, while roaming is paid according to the tariff;

• by typing a short USSD command * 111 * 455 * 1 #;

• filling out the form on the operator’s website. To connect "MTS Bonus", you need to log in to your account, and in the upper horizontal menu on the main page, select the appropriate item;

• by calling the MTS call center (0890, 8-800-250-0890) and dictating to the specialist the data for filling out the questionnaire (name, date of birth);

• by issuing a debit or credit card "MTS-Money". The application should separately indicate the number for accruing bonuses;

• having bought any gadget or accessory to it in MTS (RTK) stores. The number for accumulating bonuses must be said to the sales assistant before breaking the check.

Registration in the program takes several minutes, and when using the last 2 ways, how to connect the "MTS Bonus", up to a week. As a confirmation, the client receives a welcome message with a summary of the rules.

Mobile app and online assistant: checking bonuses and choosing gifts

You can control the accumulation of bonuses and spend them through the “My MTS” application or My Account on the operator’s website. The first is installed on a smartphone or tablet running iOS, Android or Windows 10 Mobile. For authorization, you need a login - number - and password, which MTS sends to the subscriber’s phone upon request.

The application displays information about the remaining points, the possibilities of additional accumulation and the nearest write-offs. You can find out how to order a gift, for example, how to connect “Turbo Bonus MTS”, in a special information section or through an online chat with a consultant .

In the application, the history of accrual and expenses of points is available, their transfer to another subscriber. Here you can choose a reward for yourself:

• packets of traffic, minutes, sms and related services. For example, order a free SuperBIT for a month;

• discounts on communication in roaming. For example, connect for MTS bonuses “Everywhere at home” or “Zero without borders”;

• special options (AntiAON, Blacklist, GOOD'OK, etc.).

A wider selection of rewards is available in the personal account of the subscriber. Here, in addition to services and packages from the operator, gifts from MTS partners are presented: subscriptions to magazines, books for free download, discounts on equipment and clothing, etc. On the site you can participate in special bonus promotions (this is not in the application).

How to accumulate and connect MTS bonuses?

So. Bonuses are accumulated on the phone number:

• for expenses on communication services (paid calls, messages, Internet traffic, monthly subscription fee and purchased options). For each spent 5 rubles. the subscriber receives 1–1.3 points depending on the length of service with the operator;

• Participation in promotions, for example, "Invite a friend." Welcome points are awarded for activation of email, an indication of the birthday;

• purchase of goods and payment for services on the MTS-Money card, based on: 1 point = 10-30 rubles. depending on the amount spent in the previous month. New holders of plastic are given welcome bonuses (up to 1000);

• expenses for home Internet and TV from MTS (formerly Comstar-Regions), MGTS. For every 5 rubles of a monthly fee, the client receives 1 point;

• purchase of smartphones, tablets, accessories in MTS (RTK) stores. Bonuses for the purchase of branded devices are accrued at an increased rate (10 for every 30 rubles).

You can convert the “currency” of partner companies into MTS bonuses. For this, the subscriber needs to download and install the “Points Plus” application on devices running iOS or Android. The stock catalog is constantly updated; the user is prompted to check in at stores, scan a barcode or click on an advertising link for a fee. Each accumulated point is equal to 5 MTS bonuses.

How to spend MTS bonuses?

How to spend points? In the catalog, select the desired reward and click the "Get" button. MTS services or packages paid by bonuses are added to the number within 15 minutes. When ordering discounts in stores, the subscriber receives a message with an individual code that must be presented upon purchase. To receive books, virtual things in online games or ringtones for “Beep”, the code is activated on the corresponding sites.

Bonuses for calls, SMS and traffic

As a reward, you can choose free minutes, traffic or SMS. Packages are valid only in the home region for 30 days.

You can connect minutes and SMS to MTS bonuses through the application, My Account on the website or through a short USSD-command. In the latter case, the Mobile Assistant option is required on the number. To add it, you need to send a non-tariff message with the text "0" to 8111.

How to connect the Internet for MTS bonuses? Free traffic (100 MB - 5 GB) can be ordered through the website or mobile application. Packages are added for any tariffs, including with a monthly fee, and are valid throughout Russia.

Turbo bonuses of a certain volume are available no more than once every 2 months. The same amount of time is given to the subscriber to spend. If there are enough points, you can connect all the packages, thus receiving 8.6 free gigabytes for 60 days.

Bonuses for communication services

Gifts in the form of paid services provided on a bonus basis are available for ordering in the subscriber’s personal account or in the application. What can be connected:

• “Everywhere at home” for Smart, Ultra line tariffs and unpaid for 1-3 months. The option allows you to receive free incoming calls and make low-cost outgoing calls while traveling around the country. Customer savings will be 240 rubles. only on a monthly fee, not counting reduced call costs;

• "Zero without borders." By connecting this service for MTS bonuses, the subscriber will save almost 500 rubles, since within 10 days the daily fee for the option will be reduced by 50%;

• “Bit” and “SuperBit” for a month. This is free traffic for tariffs without a monthly fee;

• special options (Black List, Voice Mail, AntiAON, Network, etc.). The catalog is periodically updated, new rewards appear.

By connecting for “Everywhere at Home” bonuses from MTS or another service (except for “Zero Without Borders”), the client receives a 100 percent discount on subscription charges for it. The previously added option after the end of the free period will remain on the room and will be provided on its basic terms.

Bonuses for purchases

The reward in the form of a discount on the payment of goods and services in MTS (RTK) stores and partners is available only in the Personal Account on the operator’s website. For metropolitan subscribers, the catalog includes more than 20 gifts, including:

• savings of up to 100% on purchases in MTS salons (on modems, branded smartphones and tablets, accessories);

• discounts in Ozon online hypermarket, Eldorado stores, Wildberries, etc .;

• conversion of points into MGTS rubles (for a monthly fee and calls);

• subscription to magazines, online catalogs of books, music, films, entertainment content;

• coupons for free services, such as an online English course or a visit to a beauty salon;

• tunes for GOOD'OK;

• statuses and virtual items in online games;

• free MTS-Money bank card service.

After paying the fee, the subscriber receives an SMS with a code that is valid for a limited time. It must be presented at the time of purchase, entered in a special field when placing an order in the online store, or activated on the site.

Charity Points

Further. Having connected “MTS Bonus”, you can save and spend points not only on gifts for yourself. The operator launched the “Give good” program, in which subscribers collect funds for the treatment and rehabilitation of sick children. Donations are accepted including bonuses; MTS converts them into rubles at the rate of 1 point = 1 rub. and sends to the relief fund.

You can’t always take part in the charity movement, but only during the period of the company’s activity, that is, when the “collection wallet” is open. At this time in the catalog appear certificates of packages of rubles “Give good”. You can donate from 500 to 10 thousand bonuses an unlimited number of times.

How long do MTS bonuses last?

Points are not eternal. They “burn out” one year after accrual, about which a corresponding notification appears in the My MTS application or in the Personal Account on the operator’s website. Bonuses are deducted from the 1st to the 10th day of each month. So, the points accumulated in January will disappear on February 1-10 of the next year.

So that the accumulated bonuses are not wasted, it is recommended to choose and order a reward for yourself or give them to another program participant. To do this simply through a special form in the LC or a message with the text “DAR phone number of bonuses” (“DAR 89101234567 3000”) to number 4555. Sim cards of the sender and recipient must be registered in the same region, and their owners must first connect MTS Bonus "