Hey Bmifly,
you might wanna update your reading on the post you sent me to.
I posed the question in that thread for clarification and those posters say
exactly what I have been posting here.

What has posted to their accounts have been what was set on their hhonors account (Virgin Atlantic set as preferred and earning style set to points and fixed or variable miles) and by midnight the day of check out.

Just thought you might wanna know. ^