# Ask HN: Why Do AI Credits Expire > Source: > Published: 2026-06-21 15:12:21+00:00 | |||||||||||| 3 points by | I was writing a blog when this hit me and couldn't find too many convincing arguments other than incentivizing heavier use, would love to hear takes on this. Closest parallel I could think of is gift cards, which too do not expire in many places. | ||||||||||| |