Originally Posted by
platbrownguy
I thought there was an established way of redeeming awards and returning them where the redeposited points have a new/later expiry? IIRC, there's discussion of that in this thread.
Failing that, gift an AC membership or Gold status (or a flight, for that matter) to someone who could use it.
Or, simply call and request they extend, so you don't have to redeem and redeposit