Originally Posted by Oxon Flyer

Noting that the T&Cs have been updated - current version in the thread wiki - with the bolded text added to clarify that booking an award stay for a date beyond the expiry deadline, and then cancelled, will still result in forfeiture.

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.