Do RevPoints Expire?

The Basic Expiry Rule

Every RevPoint you earn carries a three-year lifespan from the moment it enters your account. Whether you accumulate points through card spending, Spare Change round-ups, upgrade bonuses, or in-app challenges, the clock starts ticking immediately upon receipt.

This isn't a rolling expiration that resets with activity. Each point maintains its individual expiry date regardless of how actively you use your Revolut account. A point earned on January 1, 2024 expires on January 1, 2027, period.

Checking Your Expiry Dates

Revolut displays expiry information directly in the app, letting you monitor which points are approaching their deadline. Navigate to your RevPoints balance section to view upcoming expirations, giving you time to plan redemptions strategically rather than discovering expired points after the fact.

The app typically highlights points expiring within 90 days, providing advance warning to convert them into airline miles, hotel discounts, or gift cards before they vanish.

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How Revolut Protects Your Points

Revolut employs an intelligent redemption sequence designed to minimize point loss. When you redeem RevPoints for any purpose — airline miles, shopping discounts, hotel bookings — the system automatically uses your oldest points first.

This first-in, first-out approach ensures points closest to expiration get redeemed before newer points, protecting your balance from unnecessary losses. You don't need to manually select which points to use; the system handles prioritization automatically.

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The Spare Change Exception

Points purchased through Spare Change round-ups follow slightly different rules. Generally, Revolut redeems Spare Change points before earned points, since you technically purchased these through cash contributions.

However, the system makes one critical exception: if your earned points (from card spending, bonuses, challenges) are expiring within three months, Revolut prioritizes redeeming those expiring points instead. This prevents you from losing points you earned through activity while preserving points you paid cash to acquire.

Example scenario: Your account holds 200 points — 100 from Spare Change (expiring in two years) and 100 from regular shopping (expiring in one month). When you redeem 80 points, the system uses your 80 oldest earned points first, leaving you with 20 earned points still facing imminent expiration and your full 100 Spare Change points protected for two more years.

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The expiry rules, straight from the RevPoints Terms

Checked against Revolut's RevPoints Terms (updated 13 March 2026), a few points above deserve correcting and completing. Is expiry the same on every plan? Yes — every point expires exactly 3 years after it posts, on Standard through Ultra alike; no plan extends it. What order are points spent in? The only ordering rule in the Terms is that purchased points are redeemed first — and Spare Change round-ups officially buy points, so they fall in that bucket. The Terms contain no general first-in-first-out rule and no special Spare Change expiry exception; where this page or others describe one, trust the Terms.

What happens if you close your account? All points are forfeited — earned and purchased alike — whether you close it or Revolut does. Redeem before closing; the only money-back route is the 14-day cooling-off refund on purchased points. And once points expire they are gone: support cannot restore them.

Practical tip: the app flags points expiring within 90 days — for big batches, set your own calendar reminder about 35 months after they post. Last verified: 8 July 2026.

Extending Point Lifespan

One strategic workaround exists: converting RevPoints to airline miles. Many airline loyalty programs offer more generous expiry policies than RevPoints.

British Airways Avios, for instance, remain valid indefinitely as long as you show any account activity — earning or spending miles — within 36 months. Transfer RevPoints approaching expiration to your Executive Club account, and those miles potentially gain years of additional usability beyond the original three-year RevPoints window.

This strategy works particularly well if you're already saving for a specific flight redemption. Rather than risk losing points to expiration, convert them to miles where they'll remain accessible until you've accumulated enough for your target booking.

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What Happens to Expired Points

Expired RevPoints disappear permanently. Revolut doesn't offer grace periods, extensions, or reinstatement options. Once the three-year deadline passes, those points vanish from your balance without compensation. This makes monitoring expiry dates crucial, especially if you're accumulating large balances.

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