Gift Cards in Singapore: One Expires in 90 Days, Another Never Expires (2026)

Twelve Singapore gift cards, every validity term read from the issuer's own terms page on 9 September 2026. The shortest runs 90 days. The longest carries no expiry date at all. That is a range no shopper would guess from the front of the card, because almost none of it is printed there.

The oddest part: one brand sells both ends of it. A Starbucks Card eGift expires 90 days after the notification email. Load that same value onto a physical Starbucks Card and it runs three years from the last transaction.

Every validity period, shortest first

Gift card	Valid for	What the terms say about the balance
Starbucks Card eGift	90 days from the notification email	No refund to sender or recipient, no extension
MUJI Gift Card	365 days from purchase, no extension	Unused balance forfeited on expiry
UNIQLO Gift Card	12 months from purchase, no extension	Non-refundable
GV One Card	12 months from purchase	Unused value not refunded, regardless of amount
Dairy Farm voucher (Giant)	12 months from the month of issue	Not replaced once expired
Sephora gift card and e-gift card	1 year from purchase, or from delivery for e-gift	Unredeemed value not converted to cash
FairPrice Group Gift Card	1 year, and each top-up adds another year	No refund of credit balance after expiry
Decathlon gift card	2 years from purchase	Not replaced or reimbursed once expired
Starbucks Card (physical)	3 years after the last transaction	Balance cancelled immediately and without notice
Takashimaya Gift Voucher (department store)	No expiry date	Not accepted at Specialty Stores
IKEA Gift Card	Not published	The page says vouchers are accepted until the date of validity
POPULAR Gift Voucher	Not published	Terms are not on the gift voucher page

Six of them land on exactly one year

MUJI, UNIQLO, Sephora, FairPrice, Golden Village and Giant all settle on twelve months, give or take the wording. One year is the Singapore retail default, and it's short enough that a card given at Christmas is dead by the following Christmas.

Two issuers beat it meaningfully. Decathlon runs two years. The physical Starbucks Card runs three years from the last transaction, which makes it the only card here that renews itself: buy one coffee and the clock restarts.

The terms close that loophole in one place, though. Moving funds between two Starbucks Cards doesn't count as a transaction and doesn't extend the expiry.

The 90-day card is the one people buy by accident

A Starbucks Card eGift is the fastest gift to send and the fastest to die. Ninety days from the email, and the terms rule out an extension in as many words. It loads in fixed steps of $10, $20, $30, $50, $80, $100, $150, $200 or $300.

The escape hatch is redemption rather than spending. Once the eGift is loaded onto a Starbucks Card, the three-year clock takes over. A recipient who transfers the value in the first week turns a 90-day card into a rolling three-year one without spending a cent.

Takashimaya sells two vouchers with different rules

The Takashimaya Gift Voucher issued by the department store carries no expiry date, which makes it the longest-lived instrument on this page. It comes with a boundary instead of a deadline, because it isn't accepted at the Specialty Stores in the same building.

Vouchers issued for Takashimaya Shopping Centre are a different product. They come in $10 and $50 denominations and they do carry an expiry date, printed on the back of each voucher. Two vouchers, one address, opposite answers to the only question that matters.

What POPULAR publishes, and what it doesn't

POPULAR Gift Vouchers are accepted at all POPULAR stores islandwide, and they stack with a POPULAR Card or e-Card for the member discount. Beyond that, the gift voucher page carries no denominations, no validity period and no terms.

What it does carry is three ways to buy:

• Hotline 6462 9622, weekdays 9am to 5pm, excluding public holidays
• Email [email protected]
• Walk-in to any POPULAR store

Bulk discounts go through the hotline or the email rather than the counter. Any expiry date on a POPULAR voucher is printed on the voucher itself, so for an unspent one the answer is on the paper rather than online.

IKEA publishes the amounts but not the deadline

IKEA Gift Cards load any amount from $20 to $1,000, the widest range here, and they work at the store, the Swedish Restaurant and the Swedish Food Market. They're sold at the checkouts in Tampines, Alexandra and Jurong.

The validity period is the gap. The Singapore page confirms a date exists, saying vouchers are accepted until the date of validity, without saying what that date is. IKEA's other markets are no guide either, since the same card runs two years in Malaysia and never expires in the United States.

Where a balance goes when the date passes

The wording differs and the outcome doesn't. MUJI forfeits the unused balance. Starbucks cancels it immediately and without further notice. Golden Village doesn't refund it regardless of value. FairPrice gives no refund of the credit balance. Sephora doesn't convert unredeemed value to cash. Decathlon neither replaces nor reimburses.

The one term that behaves differently is FairPrice's. A top-up before the expiry date extends the whole balance, credit included, by another year from the date of that top-up, so a card kept in use never runs out of time.

Denominations, where they're published

Gift card	Amounts
IKEA	Any amount from $20 to $1,000
Starbucks Card eGift	$10, $20, $30, $50, $80, $100, $150, $200, $300
Starbucks Card (physical)	Loads from $10 in $10 steps, up to $300 held at once
UNIQLO	$20, $50, $100, $150
Takashimaya Shopping Centre voucher	$10 and $50

Gift cards in Singapore: quick questions

Do gift cards expire in Singapore?

Most do. Of the twelve issuers here, nine publish a fixed expiry running from 90 days to three years, one publishes no expiry at all, and two publish nothing either way. One year from purchase is the most common term by a wide margin.

Which Singapore gift card lasts the longest?

The Takashimaya Gift Voucher issued by the department store, which carries no expiry date. Among cards that do expire, the physical Starbucks Card lasts longest at three years from the last transaction, and it resets every time the card is used.

How long is a Starbucks eGift valid in Singapore?

Ninety days from the date of the eGift email sent to the recipient, and the terms state that an extension is not allowed. Loading it onto a Starbucks Card first switches it to the three-year term that applies to the card.

Where can I buy POPULAR gift vouchers?

Three ways: the gift voucher hotline on 6462 9622 between 9am and 5pm on weekdays excluding public holidays, an email to [email protected], or a walk-in to any POPULAR store. Bulk orders are handled by the hotline or the email.

Do POPULAR gift vouchers expire?

The expiry date is printed on each voucher. POPULAR doesn't publish a standard validity period on its gift voucher page, so the voucher in hand is the only reliable source for the date on it.

What happens to money left on an expired gift card?

It's kept by the issuer. MUJI forfeits it, Starbucks cancels it without notice, Golden Village and FairPrice refuse a refund, and Sephora won't convert it to cash. No issuer here pays out an unspent balance after the date.

Can a Singapore gift card be extended?

Rarely. MUJI and UNIQLO both state that extension isn't allowed, and so does the Starbucks eGift. FairPrice is the exception that works in practice, because a top-up before expiry pushes the whole balance out another year.

How much can an IKEA gift card hold?

Any amount from $20 to $1,000, bought at the checkouts in Tampines, Alexandra or Jurong. It's accepted in the store, the Swedish Restaurant and the Swedish Food Market. The Singapore page doesn't state how long it stays valid.