Originally Posted by
highops
I expected this to work, but will confirm it here in case anyone else wants to be 100% sure.
My AA miles were within a month of expiration but transferring 2000 Bilt points reset the two-year clock. I'm sure 1000 would work as well but I'm not Bilt silver yet.
besides bilt, there are many ways to keep AA miles active: eshopping, uber, ubereats, shell, etc.