NewsHow to check whether your UK Tesla referral credits are about to expire, step by step
We've already written the buyer-side delivery-day checklist for Tesla's March 2026 referral overhaul. This one is for the other side of the transaction: if you're a UK owner who has shared your referral link and earned credits from it, here is the actual step-by-step for checking whether any of them are close to expiring, now that Tesla has confirmed a firm 12-month rule.
What changed, in one line
Tesla's March 2026 overhaul confirmed referral and loyalty credits expire 12 months after their Grant Date — the date a credit actually posts to your account, not the date your friend ordered or even took delivery. Source: Tesla's Refer & Earn page and Teslarati's coverage. The same overhaul dropped Model S and Model X from the US referral-eligible line-up and set the referrer reward at a flat $250 Tesla Credit — both US-market details that don't change the UK's own 650-mile buyer benefit, but the 12-month expiry wording is the part every UK referrer should actually act on.
Step 1: open the Tesla app, not your email
Referral credit notifications can get buried in a busy inbox. The reliable source is the Tesla app itself — go to your account or profile section and look for a Supercharging credit or referral rewards summary rather than searching your email for a confirmation that may be months old.
Step 2: find the actual Grant Date, not the referral date
The date someone used your link, and the date Tesla actually posts the credit to your account, are often different — the Grant Date typically follows the referred buyer's delivery, per Tesla's own wording, not the day they first clicked your link. If the app only shows one date, treat it as the Grant Date for this purpose unless Tesla's interface tells you otherwise.
Step 3: count 12 months forward, then build in a buffer
Once you have the real Grant Date, add 12 months — that's your hard deadline. We'd suggest treating 11 months as your actual target, so you have time to actually use Supercharging credit rather than discover it lapsed while you were deciding.
Step 4: repeat for every referral, not just your most recent one
If you've referred more than one buyer — Tesla's cap is 10 referrals per calendar year — each one has its own Grant Date and its own 12-month clock. Don't assume they all expire together; check each credit individually in the app.
Step 5: if a credit has already lapsed, don't assume it can be reinstated
We haven't found a published UK process for reinstating an expired referral credit, and wouldn't recommend assuming one exists. If you believe a credit expired in error, contact Tesla support directly and ask, rather than relying on this or any other independent site's guidance on a case-by-case dispute.
Why this is worth doing even if you haven't referred anyone recently
If you shared your link months ago and haven't checked since, this is exactly the kind of credit this new, explicit 12-month wording is designed to catch. Ten minutes in the app costs nothing and could be the difference between using free Supercharging and losing it to a date you never tracked.
The bottom line
Tesla's clearer expiry wording is good news for transparency and bad news for anyone who assumed referral credits sat in their account indefinitely. Check the app, find your real Grant Date, and count forward — it's the only step that actually protects credit you've already earned.
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