Dear MR members,

Got a problem. By October 2009, my 5k or so MR points were expire per rule 7 in the MR Terms and Conditions below.

"An account may be closed at Marriott's discretion if no points are accrued during a 24-month period. All points in the account will be forfeited at that time."

My question is how to accrue some points so they don't expire. I was thinking about buying 1k MR points at 12.50 about 3 months or so before expiration hoping to reset the 24 month clock...

Will buying points reset the clock and prevent the points from expirating?
Thanks everyone in advance.