Originally Posted by
dajoip
Would putting all this spending on the cards from 12/6 - 12/31 be risky at all, or do I have nothing to worry about? I know how billing cycles work, I just don't want to risk having this whole thing backfire in my face by having bonus points post in 2012...
I wouldn't do that. IIRC the threshold check is a separate process from statement generation, and it runs as a batch process up to a few times per week. For sure I have missed the cutoff by falling short a few days before the statement date.
What I don't know is whether or not the batch process triggers a "threshold met" flag which then adds points that are to be released on the statement date. I'm pretty sure this is the case, but I'm not sure enough to bet on it, no matter what a CSR might tell me on the phone.