Originally Posted by
chicago747
not sure if this is still a thing, but for a while the awards were refundable with no fee and it extended the life. I redeemed about 5k points for BXP1s and then Immediately returned the awards. It reset the expiration of the points out at least a year.
I will prolly have around 5000 points by the end of the year (of which 1700 will expire), so that's how I will proceed unless AA announces an extension.