Originally Posted by
ernestnywang
On the statement, there are two dates, activity date and crediting date. This means that activity date (when you request the transfer) has to be Nov. or Dec. 2017, and crediting date (date miles posted) must be before 28FEB2018. For example, for CX and KA flights, if activity date is "T," crediting date is usually T+1 or T+2.
Understand. But of course, the activity date (when requested) could not show up on our Asia Miles or MPC statement. For transfers, the activity date and the credit date are one in the same. For example, the transfer I just did shows credit date of November 17. There is no "activity date" because the activity is an IHG activity, not a CX activity.
Of course, the INTENT is probably what you describe, and I suppose that if there was a timing issue, one might be able to argue that the IHG activity date is presumably what they MEANT in their rules. That's why I labeled it as awkwardly worded.
Oh, and your "buy and transfer" idea is a good one, by the way. :-)