The Credits assigned to a Premium question would be refunded if that question does not receive more than five answers, except in the following circumstances:

1. When the author of the question has selected the Best Answer
2. When the Best Answer has been selected by community voting
3. When the question has been marked as abusive

Under no circumstances, refund would be made in USDs.

Validity period of refunded Credits
Credits refunded to the users will have a default validity period of three months.

Order of Credits’ utilization
The latest expiring Credits will be utilized first so that the users get maximum benefit of remaining validity period.