Not for me but for a co-worker

She has 250K EQM combined between UA/CO this year, probably borderline GS, but may not travel much, if at all, in 2012. Any precedent for this (either UA or CO)? Didn't see any in searching.
Regardless she'll be a MM post-merger so won't drop below Gold, but she's wondering if she can basically "postpone" 1K for a year (probably can't extend SWUs or anything, but maybe defer 1K). I'm guessing the answer is "no way", but curious.
Thanks for any insight into this.