Points.com hands out MSN music as rewards

Getting reward miles and points can be music to your ears, literally. Toronto-based Points International has teamed up with Microsoft's MSN to let customers swap bonus reward points for music downloads, the companies said Wednesday. Points International keeps track of reward points consumers gain from flight tickets, shopping, and so on.

Customers of its portal, Points.com, can exchange the reward miles and points for downloading music at MSN Music, which has licenses for more than 1 million tracks from major music labels as well as from independent musicians.