Mileage expiration

Old Feb 1, 2016, 8:25 pm
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Mileage expiration

I recently transferred in Citi ThankYou points when there was a 25% bonus. According to the Etihad website, miles are supposed to have a 24 month expiration, however, my Etihad account shows that they will expire in 12 months. I emailed Etihad but did not get any response. Why the difference in expiration? Do transferred in miles expire differently? TIA.
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Old Feb 2, 2016, 12:03 am
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does it say expires After 2016 or in 2016?
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Old Feb 2, 2016, 4:22 am
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Miles were transferred in Dec 2015. Expiration is Dec 2016.
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Old Feb 2, 2016, 5:45 am
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Originally Posted by aviator33
Miles were transferred in Dec 2015. Expiration is Dec 2016.
I think what mike84k is trying to get at, is does it show similar to what is shown in this post from last week. In that, it says "After 31 Dec 2016". Of course, 24 months from Jan '16 is after December 2016, so it would be correct if that's the case. See further explanation in the thread.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/26076852-post501.html
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Old Feb 2, 2016, 5:50 am
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Yes, if they expire in certain month, you'll see a definite notice that they are expiring in XXX, 201Y. Else it will show "After Dec 2015", this is generic message for all miles expire sometime after Dec 2015.
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Old Feb 3, 2016, 11:51 am
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Ahhhhh. Got it. Yes, the message now says after January, 2017. Never did get a response from my email to Etihdad. Thanks.
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Old Apr 26, 2016, 4:47 am
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I've got 30k of miles due to expire in March 2017.
Does this mean I need to book by March 2017 or does it mean I need to have flown by March 2017?

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Old Apr 26, 2016, 5:44 am
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use those miles by march 2017. can be for flights/upgrades etc well past that date
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