Does Google Play Credit Actually Expire?

Whenever I complete a Google Opinion Awards survey, I get reminded that the credit will expire in a year.

Except I'm quite sure that I've accumulated credit for much longer than a year. Lately I spent most of it on a book, but I was wondering if anyone here actually has had their credit expire?

Does anyone know what the actual ruling of this is? For example, perhaps if you don't change your balance in a year (up or down) then it expires?

Poll Options

  • 8
    Yes - I have had credit disappear because of this.
  • 8
    No - I have never had credit expire.

Comments

  • +1

    For example, perhaps if you don't change your balance in a year (up or down) then it expires?

    This. That appears to be my observation anyway.

  • Are you one of the people who answered yes to the survey?

    • Every time you answer a survey, your play credit increments up, your google credit expiry date is renewed (being 1 year from the latest survey).

      I receive surveys regularly, so the expiry date doesn't bother me.

  • If I remember correctly, mine says it expires 12 months after the completion of the last survey.

  • do people actually still get surveys? I haven't had one in 6 months

    • I got one today. Try opening the app? I think sometimes it might disconnect for reasons…

    • Frequent to the shopping malls.. you will start getting your share :)

  • +1

    Yes, I lost $60 worth of credit - and it wasn't because it wasn't used for 12 months - they just up and stole it.

    • Ouch. Was any of it bought, or was it all through surveys and the like?

      • +2

        Maybe he got the survey answers wrong?

      • Most of it was from the Kit Kat promotion - so I'd only paid incidentally for it.

        Even so, there is no justification for stealing it - it's really one of those things that should be outlawed - some bits on server are hardly going to go bad.

    • How can they just steal it, can you elaborate?

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