to be clear, do redemptions still count as qualifying activity to keep miles alive?
my wife no longer flys much, and even less often on USAir, but she's near a free flight so I'd like to keep the account alive since the next x-country flight will get her a ticket.
We got a notice saying her miles would soon expire and to redeam miles for magazines in december, subscribed to the cheapest one to keep the account alive. However, yesterday I got a second notice saying her miles will expire and I need to use the miles for magazines.
Is this just a standard mailer that was already queued in the system or did the redemption in december not reset the clock on her account? The redemption from the account for the miles shows in her DM account page, so I'm not sure if further redemption is really needed.