Do Best Buy Points Expire [TESTED]

Always check the expiration date printed on individual certificates; they typically last between 1 to 3 months .

But Alex was a "saver." Month after month, those points sat untouched. What Alex didn't realize was that the mountain was actually a shifting sand dune.

Once upon a time, Alex bought a fancy new camera at Best Buy . Because Alex used a My Best Buy Credit Card, thousands of points flooded into the account. Alex felt like royalty, sitting on a mountain of digital gold.

One day, Alex logged in to find the balance had plummeted. "Where did my points go?" Alex cried. A helpful Best Buy Forum expert explained the two traps Alex had fallen into:

Because Alex didn't have "point banking" (a perk for certain cardholders or high-tier members), the system automatically turned the points into Reward Certificates once they hit a certain threshold.