In the past, they've re-set me at my request in the middle of my last month, ie, year expired on June 30, by mid-month I had exceeded 60,000 and this way another trip at the end of the month didn't go to waste.

It might be worth a search around here, but I seem to recall reading threads where people said that if they have met the re-qualification threshold by the first day of their last month (meaning, for me it would have been by June 1), MPO will automatically reset you and you basically get a 13-month year. Would that be your situation? It looks like if this happened you might lose out some miles for your first trip, but then the subsequent trips would count toward the new year? Also, I thought someone mentioned that if you end the year over your threshold, they may take those extra miles into account if you're short the next year.