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Section 1.6.d says: "Members can remain active in the Loyalty Program and retain accumulated Points by earning Points or Miles, redeeming Points, or purchasing Points (as described in 2.9) in the Loyalty Program at least once every twenty-four (24) months, all subject to the exceptions described below."
And one of these exceptions right below that is:
"ii. Awards redeemed by a Member prior to Point forfeiture are still valid even though the Award may not yet have been fulfilled at the time of Point forfeiture. However, if those Awards are cancelled after the Points expiration date, those Points are still subject to forfeiture. For example, if a Member redeems Points for an Award Redemption Stay that occurs after the Points expiration date, and then cancels the reservation prior to arrival without having completed any qualifying activity to extend the expiration date, those Points will expire."
To me those two things in combination certainly seem to imply that one actually has to fulfill the stay, not just book it, to have it count as "activity" to reset expiration.
I have in fact read part ii of the list of exceptions. From my understanding on this (and with your explanation) I actually can conclude 2 things :
1. This portion of exception only applies to the portion of points that have been "locked" to a redemption stay. They are basically saying ok, since we cant expire your points as it is locked, we'll keep an eye on it, and if you cancel it the points wont go back to you. It does not address the other portion of
unused points wherein my issue lies.
However i can understand how itimplies that since my stay is still in the future, the points that have been "redeemed" are still not extended, therefore the unused points are also not extended.
2. Since the point above only refers to the portion of used "redeemed" points and not the unused points, there is nothing to apply this exception to in the original statement "by earning Points or Miles,
redeeming Points, or purchasing Points".