Originally Posted by
AJA_
1) Ordinarily the avios balance of an individual member will expire after 36 months of inactivity but as Avios are deducted pro-rata from each account when you do a reward booking that will count as activity and reset the 36 month counter. Also if anyone in the household account is Bronze, Silver or Gold status that has earned or redeemed Avios within the last 36 months then the avios balance of other Household Account members will be protected from expiry. As your profile indicates BA Silver status your children's Avios should be safe from expiry.
2) I am not sure if the redeposit from a cancelled RFS will count as activity as it's not new Avios but the initial redemption will reset the counter. ‘Activity’ means either earning or spending – on the account.
A gold or silver member in a HHA protects other members of the HHA from having their avios expire. Bronze does not.
See the HHA Guide:
Keeping Avios alive!
If a Blue or Bronze member has had no activity in 36 consecutive months but they are part of an HHA which has a Gold or Silver member their Avios will be protected as long as there is an active Gold or Silver in the HHA. Other than that, make sure you keep an eye on this and ensure all accounts have some activity occasionally – of course, the easiest way to do that is a redemption due to the formula above.
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