Count calendar months inclusively
For a hypothetical award during November 2026, count November as one, December as two, January as three, February as four, March as five and April as six. The corresponding month-end is April 2027. This is a worked application of the rule, not a claim that points were awarded to your account.
The day within the award month does not change which month is counted first under that rule. Do not turn the period into a universal number of days or assume every balance shown together has the same deadline. Different award batches can require separate checks.
Read the account’s actual expiry record
FOD directs users to the point-expiry information in the account’s coin and point area. Use the displayed dates for the points you actually hold. A combined balance is useful for spending, but it is less precise than a list of award batches and expiry dates.
Make a short priority list if several batches expire at different times. Choose a purchase you genuinely want and check its present eligibility before spending solely to avoid a deadline. A remaining balance does not establish that a particular rental or other product accepts every kind of internal value.
Keep coins and account deletion separate
The expiry guide describes coins as usable without a time limit while the FOD account remains held. It separately says account deletion invalidates held coins and points. Ending a monthly course while retaining the account is therefore a different action from deleting the account itself.
If a balance seems to have disappeared, identify whether it was coins or points, the award date and the account state. Contact FOD with that specific record rather than applying the point deadline to all stored value. Do not infer an Australian cash value or a right to transfer these Japan-service balances to another streaming account.
Questions about this guide
Is the award month counted?
Yes. FOD counts it as month one of the six-month sequence.
Do coins follow the same point-expiry rule?
The guide describes coins separately as having no usage deadline while the account is retained.