Am I able to spend Microsoft Account balance in a physical microsoft store?

Are you able to purchase items in a physical Microsoft Store location using money from my Microsoft account?

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How to check your Xbox MSP expiry dates

I've seen some comments on this elsewhere in the forums, and while someone may have posted this before now, I've certainly not seen it.

For those unaware and concerned over their Microsoft points expiring, you can check the exact date that they expire. Sign into Xbox.com with your gamertag, click My Account at top right, goto Billing History and then click the Payment Options tab, this will display your recent Microsoft points purchases and their expiration date. Naughty, naughty, Microsoft. :nono:

All Microsoft points will expire 12-mths after their redeemed date. It's not just the points that you had on your account before they were converted to real currency, Microsoft points that you can still currently buy today will also expire after 12-mths.

If you don't like Microsoft vapourising your virtual money then you'd be best to stick to the new Xbox Gift Cards, but with Xbox One and day-1 digital right around the corner I am sure most of us will use this money up before it gets checked out and placed into BillyG's bank account.

And here's another bit of info from the FAQ, I'll bolden the interesting bit. It mainly states whenever you buy anything Microsoft automatically use the money that is closest to expiring.

 

Unable to use Microsoft balance to purchase games in Xbox store or Microsoft store.

To use your Microsoft balance You need to change your region to Japan, so You can spend Yen, If You don't change It, You can't spend yen which is in your Microsoft Balance.

 

No. The Microsoft account balance is only for digital purchases.

 

Hello shiv,

Thank you for contacting Forum support!

Should you be referring to an Xbox account that you redeemed Microsoft credit to, then you would not be able to.

You can only use that redeemed credit on
Xbox.com/console or
Microsoft.com (if the item is available).

Hope this helped.

Thank you.

 

No. You can only use the account balance in the online store for digital or physical items

 

Thank you all for the input!