Programs in Which Points/Miles Never Expire

Airlines

• Alaska (AS) Mileage Plan link
• Delta (DL) Skymiles: link (click SkyMiles Rules & Conditions, then Account Deletion & Mileage Expiration)
• Hawaiian (HA) HawaiianMiles (as of 12 Apr 2021)
• JetBlue (B6) Trueblue
• Southwest (WN) Rapid Rewards 17 Oct 2019 Link--> CP requirement goes to 125K 1/1/20; points no longer expire
• Ukrainian International Airlines (PS) Panorama Club
• United UA MileagePlus 28 Aug 2019 Link--> United announces "MileagePlus Miles Never Expire" (effective immediately)
• Virgin Atlantic VS Flying Club 24 Sep 2020 Link--->Flying Club points are now Virgin Points - and they don't expire
  

Hotels

• Best Western (for members of the North American club, which includes members who reside in North/Central/South America, Asia, and South Africa)

Expiring Points/Miles & How to Reset the Clock

Airlines
Format is Airline (airline IATA code) program name: duration (methods to reset expiration)
"Hard expiry" means expiration clock cannot be reset through normal earning/redemption.

• Aeromexico (AM) Club Premier: 24 months (earning, but not redemption) (T&C)
• Aegean (A3)
  • Expiry date of existing miles (losing gold status)
  • How to Prevent Miles Expiration?
  • Mileage Expiry
  • Any way to extend my mileages expiration date?
• Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) Aerol�neas Plus: 3 years (resettable by paid AR flight or by redeeming flight with miles, but not by any other activity)
• Air Berlin (AB) Topbonus: hard expiration 3 years after the end of the quarter in which miles were earned (unless you maintain "Gold/Plat" status?) Shut down 2017
  
• Air Canada (AC) Aeroplan: 18 months (any activity) (see �Account inactivity� in T&C)
  • AP Just wiped out my account - now what???
  • How to prevent Aeroplan miles from expiring if not live in Canada?
  • WARNING: While in theory Air Canada Aeroplan miles seemed until recently like they could last "forever" (with periodic "activity"), Air Canada has announced they will be instituting their own program circa 2020. It is not clear if Aeroplan miles not used by then will continue to be usable for Air Canada flights much after that. Refer to this thread in the AC forum Air Canada to Launch Its Own Loyalty Program in 2020
  • Air Canada to buy back Aeroplan (22 Aug 2018) Aimia accepts Air Canada, TD, CIBC & Visa revised $450-million Aeroplan bid
• Air France (AF) Flying Blue: 24 months (resettable through a very few specific methods, mostly by qualifying paid SkyTeam flight) except for Elite / Elite Plus members
  • Avoid Flying Blue Expiration
  • Preventing miles from expiry Has links to other AF expiry threads
  • Extending FB miles other than skyteam flight?
  • Testing the limits of miles expiration
  • Flying Blue Expiration Policy started March 2019
• Air China (CA) Phoenix Miles : 36 months hard expiry
  • Mileage Validity
• Air India (AI) Flying Returns: 36 months hard expiry; can extend for a fee (Clause 4.24)
  
• Alitalia (AZ) MilleMiglia: 2 years (earning, but not redemption) (web page)Bankrupt 2021
• All Nippon Airways (NH) ANA Mileage Club: 3 years hard expiration unless you maintain "Diamond Service" status
  • How to extend expiration date of ANA miles?
• American Airlines (AA) AAdvantage: 18 24 months (any activity: General AAdvantage program T&C, unnumbered third item) extend expired miles
  • Prevent AA miles / account from expiring & spend for other than flying
  • Preventing Miles Expiration for Canada / Canadian AAdvantage Members
  • Preventing Miles Expiration for UK / non-USA AAdvantage Members (last post 2012)
• Asiana (OZ) Asiana Club: hard expiration of 10 years (Diamond & higher tier) or 12 years. No expiration for miles earned before October 1, 2008.
• Avianca (AV) LifeMiles: 24 month 12 month effective 15 Apr 2018 (earn, redeem), except 24 month for those with status or Avianca credit card T&Cs
  • New Expiration Policy (15 Apr 2018): 12 months from last accrual, redemption has no effect
  • LifeMiles Expiration Thread started 23 Jan 2019
• British Airways (BA) Executive Club: 3 years (Earn, Redeem, Purchase, Transfer. section 14.4 of T&C)
  • Best / Cheapest Way to Save Expiring Avios Points
  • Miles Expiry in a Household Account
  • Best way to extend avios beyond the 36 months-period
  • Keeping account active when not spending avios Has links to other threads
  • Newbie avios question Expirimg avios in household account
• Brussels (SN) Miles & More: see Lufthansa below
  
• Cathay (CX) Asia Miles/Marco Polo: 18 months, if no activity. Old miles, earned before 01 Jan 2020, expire, unless pay a USD$40 fee
  • 3 years hard expiry: 3-year extension for a fee possible if done before expiration (see "Your Account" FAQ #1)
  • Asia Miles - no expiry as long as there is activity every 18 months
  • Asia Miles extension -- does redeeming and canceling "reset" the expiry clock?
  • Asia Miles expiration in time of Coronavirus
• China Eastern (MU) Eastern Miles: Miles earn after 2021-09-01, 36 months (any activity) (Link, FAQ 常见问题 =>东方万里行问题)
• Copa Airlines (CM) ConnectMiles: 2 years (any activity)
• El Al (LY) Matmid Club: 3 years hard expiry (see section 9.1 of T&Cs)
• EgyptAir (MS) EgyptAir Plus Blue, silver & gold status 36 months hard expiry from each flight date. No expiry for Platinum. link
• Emirates (EK) Skywards: Member's next birth month + 3 years hard expiry (see section 8 of T&C). No expiry when Plat (link below)
  • Reinstate expired Skywards Miles
  • New Platinum benefit - miles don't expire
• Etihad (EY) Etihad Guest: 18 Months of no activity. EY platinum guest miles do not expire (from 01Jul2020)
  • Etihad guest miles expiry
  • Platinum Guest Miles no longer expire
• EVA Air (BR) Infinity MileageLands: 36 months hard expiration (see Mileage Validity section in T&Cs)
  • How to refresh or transfer EVA Air miles before expiration?
• Finnair (AY) Plus: 18 months (activity)
  • Finnair Plus Rules Section 3.4
• Frontier (F9)
  • How do you prevent miles from expiring?
• Garuda Indonesia (GA) GarudaMiles: 3 years hard expiry; 3-year extension through Buy to Extend (see Mileage Expiry section of FAQ and then Buy To Extend right above that)
  
• Hawaiian (HA) HawaiianMiles: 18 months (any activity: expiration policy web page) No expiry as above
  
• Iberia (IB) Iberia Plus:3 years (earn or redeem, but not transfer: near bottom of FAQs)
  • How to Prevent Iberia Avios from Expiring?
• ITA Airways (AZ) Volare. The airline was unable to inherit Alitalia's MilleMiglia loyalty program after being barred from doing so by the European Commission. Expiry to be advised
  
• Japan Airlines (JL) Mileage Bank: hard expiry on the last day of the 36th month after earning; Suspension of mileage expiration for JGC Premier and JMB Diamond
• Jet Airways (9W) JetPrivilege: 3 years hard expiry, with longer expiration for JP CC holders & no expiration for JP Plat status; see T&Cs section 12.5 onward
  • Jet Airways stopped flying 17 April 2019
  • link 1 and link 2
  • JetPrivilege Loyality continuing Information from JetPrivilege loyality
  • 9W Frequent Flyer Program - Jet Privilege [Locked]
  • Intermiles Program (former JetPrivilege) [15 Nov 2019]
• Korean (KE) Skypass: 10 years hard expiry if earned after 1 July 2008; no expiration if earned before that (Skypass membership guide page 4)
• KLM (KL) FlyingBlue: See Air France/KLM above
• LATAM LAN (LA) LATAM Pass: 3 years (paid LAN flight) hard expiration: 2 years, with no known reset, for US and European members at least
• Lufthansa (LH) Miles & More: 3 years hard expiration (section 2.5 of T&C) Miles do not expire if you have elite status or a (US) credit card where you make at least one purchase a month.
  • When do Lufthansa Miles & More miles expire?
  • What to do with miles due to expire soon? [merged expiring miles Q&A]
• Malaysia (MH) Enrich Miles: 3 years hard expiry; 1-year extension for a fee possible if done before expiration
  • (What is the validity of Enrich Points)
• Phillipine (PR) Mabuhay Miles: (official 2013 announcement) (after any activity in 2 consecutive years)
• Qantas (QF) Frequent Flyer: 18 months (earn or spend, but not transfer: As 9.2 of T&Cs)
  • Just lost over 500k points Has links to other threads on how to keep QF points alive
• Qatar (QR) Privilege Club: Expiry if no eligible activity in 36 months. (link). No expiration for Platinum members
• Royal Jordanian (RJ) Royal Plus: 18 Months (Activity) Reinstate Miles
• SAS (SK) Eurobonus: 4 Years hard expiry
  • Eurobonus terms and condition (Section 3.9)
• Singapore (SQ) KrisFlyer: 3 years hard expiry; slight one-time extension possible for a fee if done before expiration (see sections B.17-B.20 of T&C)
• South African Airways (SA) Voyager: 3 years hard expiry (see section 11 of T&C)
• Southwest (WN) Rapid Rewards: 2 years (earn)
  • Keeping SW points from expiring?
• Thai Airways (TG) Royal Orchid Plus: 3 years hard expiration at end of a quarter (see section 14 of T&Cs)
• Turkish Airlines (TK) Miles & Smiles: 3 years, but can extend for a fee Validity of Miles and a news link
  • How to keep Turkish miles from expiring?
• United Airline (UA) MileagePlus: 18 months (any activity) Now do not expire. Refer above
  • Consolidated "How to Keep/Refresh Expiring Miles" Thread [2015 forward]
  • Reinstatement of Expired MileagePlus Miles [2014-2016] {changed fees Feb 2015}
• Virgin America (VX) Elevate: 18 months (any activity: Elevate info web page)
  • Mile Expiration
  • VX ffp absorbed by AS 01 Jan 2018
• Virgin Australia (VA) Velocity: 24 months (earn or redeem, but not transfers) Link
  • How can I keep my VA account alive?
• Virgin Atlantic (VS) Flying Club:3 years (earn, redeem, purchase) From 24 Sep 2020 points do not expire.Refer above
  • Options for Expiring Miles

Hotels

• Accor ALL: 365 days (an eligible stay, see section 7.6 )
• Choice Privileges: 18 months most activity (transitioned from 2-2.99 years hard in Feb 2016)
  • New Point Expiration Policy
• Hilton HHonors: 24 months 15 months 1 year (redeem, earn, purchase, donate) (T&C/General, section 13)
• Hyatt Gold Passport (new name: World of Hyatt): 2 years (any activity) (General T&Cs #3)
  • Keep hyatt points from expiring?
• IHG Rewards Club: Gold/Platinum/Spire level - No Expiry. Basic ('club') level expires after 1 year (any activity see section 13 of T&C)
  • Preventing IHG Rewards Club points from expiring?
• La Quinta: 18 months (earn, redeemnow part of Wyndham Rewards (see below) since April 2019 program merger
• Marriott Bonvoy (Rewards): 2 years except for Lifetime Elite Membership Accounts (stay, redeem, credit card; see General Membership section 8 of T&Cs)
  • How to Prevent Marriott Rewards Account Expiring ...
• Radisson Rewards (formerly Club Carlson): 2 years (earn or redeem)
  • Best way to extend the points expiration?
• Ritz Carlton Rewards: same policy & T&Cs as Marriott Rewards
• Shangri-La Golden Circle: End of the calendar year the points were earned plus 2 years hard expiry (item D. i. 8. in T&C.
• Starwood Preferred Guest:1 year (any activity) Taken over by Marriott
  • How to keep SPG points from expiring after 12 months of account inactivity.
• Wyndham Rewards: 18 months of inactivity (reset by any activity) PLUS hard expiry after 4 years.

Miscellaneous

• Amtrak Guest Rewards: 2 years (any activity or hold credit card)
  • Introducing the next stop for Amtrak Guest Rewards
• Hertz
  • Points Expiry
  • Avoid point expiration

Edit
15 Jan 2018. VX ffp absorbed by AS following takeover
10 Feb 2018 Added VS link. AB closed
23 Feb 2018 Added EgyptAir
18 Mar 2018 renamed / relinked Club Carlson to Radisson Rewards
19 Mar 2018 Added IB thread
27 Apr 2018 Added new Avianca policy thread
16 May 2018 Added EK reinstate link
14 Aug 2018 Added Hyatt link
23 Aug 2018 AC to buy back Aeroplan ffp
18 Nov 2018 Added AC link
11 Dec 2018 EK Plat no expiry
20 Apr 2019 Starwood taken over. Jetairways stopped flying
15 May 2019 Added CA, AY, RJ, SK
03 Nov 2019 Added Radisson link
16 Nov 2019 Added Intermiles Program (former JetPrivilege) link
16 Nov 2019 Updated Eithad
23 Nov 2019 Added Shangri-La Golden Circle to hotels, moved Southwest to non-expiring
10 Dec 2019 Cathay Pacific Asia Miles. Hard expiry to 18 months if no activity
10 Dec 2019 In hotels, noted that La Quinta is now just part of Wyndham Rewards (not a separate program any more)
11 Jan 2020 In hotels, updated Hilton for 15 months (previously 12 months) + updated Accor to new ALL program with new 365 days (old program has 1 year)
26 Jan 2020 Fixing [s t r i k e ] to [ s ] issue caused by 20 Jan 2020 software downgrade to formatting
01 Jul 2020 EY platinum status miles do not expire
21 Jul 2020 AC Expiry due to non activity was 12 months. Now 18 months
12 Aug 2020 Added AF/KLM link
26 Sep 2020 Added VS points now do not expire
26 Sep 2020 Updated LATAM to point out horrible change to hard expiration (at least for USA and European based members)
04 Oct 2020 Formatting improvements
31 Oct 2020 Updated link to QF T&Cs
28 Nov 2020 Added link for BA
09 Feb 2021 Added link for CX
18 Apr 2021 Added that HA miles no longer expire
07 Aug 2021 Updated link to AC T&C
21 Dec 2021 QR from hard expiry to 36 months if no activity. ITA Airways added
5 May 2022 Hilton clock expanded to 24 mos.
27 Apr 2024 AA expanded expiration from 18 to 24 months apparently back on 1 Mar 2022
23 May 2024 Added China Eastern, updated the link for Air China/ Malaysia Airlines
15 Jun 2024 Added that Marriott points don't currently expire for Lifetime Elite Membership Accounts
7 Jul 2024 Moved Alaska Airlines to the Never Expire section