Originally Posted by
AAnerd
May i ask when did you get the email (is it like a month before expiry?)?
I received my email on 9/9/13. Based on the quote below, I got the email 3 months before the miles were set to expire:
Your last activity date: May 30, 2012
"We appreciate you as a customer, and we want you to continue flying and earning miles with US. We see that your last activity date was 15 months ago and want to give you the opportunity to keep your miles."
I don't know if you have to have received the email before you can pay or not. But since paying the fee only extends miles for 18 months from when you pay the fee (not 18 months from the former expiration date), it "pays" to wait to pay until as late as you are comfortable with.
Comparing my downloaded credit card transactions with my DM Account, the charge to my card and the "preservation posting" on my DM account happened on the same day. YMMV.