Using Credit Card/Hotel points for miles
After my next *A flight I will be within about 500miles of getting 40k miles with Asiana (after being stung with 0 miles for 4 buisness class flights - that'll teach me to look at fare classes). Seems silly to get this close and not reach *A Gold. I could do another flight, but time is tight as my 2 years ends in Feb. The other option I have is to use credit cards or hotel points to convert to miles. What I wanted to check though was, will this count towards getting 40K miles (and therefore *A Gold) or is it just mileage that I can use to upgrade flights?
Also as my 2 years is up in Feb do I keep my status for 2 years or only for the next 2 months?