MyPoints: DO Points Expire?
May 17, 2009 | 7:23 pm
#2
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Boulder, CO
Programs: UA, AA, WN; HH, MR, IHG
Posts: 7,055
The best place for such questions is the MyPoints website, which has a FAQ entry on exactly this topic.
Do MyPoints Points expire?
Do MyPoints Points expire?
May 18, 2009 | 1:39 am
#4
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SF CA USA. I love large faceless corporations. And they cherish me in return (sometimes). ;)
Programs: UA Premier Gold/disappointed 1MM, HH Gold, IHG Plat, MB lifetime Gold, BW Diam Sel
Posts: 17,819
Do MyPoints Points expire?
Your Points will expire only if you are inactive for a period of 12 consecutive months. Please see the MyPoints Terms of Service for our definition of inactivity.
How can I ensure that the Points I have won't expire?
Your Points will not expire as long as you do one of the following within a period of 12 consecutive months: website visit, email response (clickthru), survey completion, profile update or any Point-earning or spending transaction.
Your Points will expire only if you are inactive for a period of 12 consecutive months. Please see the MyPoints Terms of Service for our definition of inactivity.
How can I ensure that the Points I have won't expire?
Your Points will not expire as long as you do one of the following within a period of 12 consecutive months: website visit, email response (clickthru), survey completion, profile update or any Point-earning or spending transaction.
Also, sometimes if you visit the website, you will find offers there where simply answering a question, then clicking (once or twice) will earn you 5 points.
In the time it took you to start this thread, you could have reset the expiration clock on your mypoints already!
May 18, 2009 | 7:44 am
#5
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Finally back in Boston after escaping from New York
Posts: 13,684
I wouldn't hang on to those points too much longer. It is easy to prevent expiration, but points don't earn interest, and redemption levels only tend to go one way over time (Hint: it isn't down.).
Mike
Mike
May 18, 2009 | 9:15 pm
#6
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SF CA USA. I love large faceless corporations. And they cherish me in return (sometimes). ;)
Programs: UA Premier Gold/disappointed 1MM, HH Gold, IHG Plat, MB lifetime Gold, BW Diam Sel
Posts: 17,819
Agreed! I redeem points whenever I accumulate enough for an Amazon (or occasionally other retailer) gift card.
May 19, 2009 | 8:53 pm
#8
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SF CA USA. I love large faceless corporations. And they cherish me in return (sometimes). ;)
Programs: UA Premier Gold/disappointed 1MM, HH Gold, IHG Plat, MB lifetime Gold, BW Diam Sel
Posts: 17,819
It's almost certain that the OP is NOT subscribed to any of their e-mail offers! (In fact, some people do opt out because they don't want their inbox cluttered....)
If the OP were on their e-mail list, he/she would not have posted this question in the first place. @:-)