OK, year end melt-down when the holidays and more take us away from the paperwork of actually managing your frequent flyer miles. For many, the year-end is when they lose track of time. And with that, they lose their frequent flyer miles. Here’s a quick tip, only taking a single minute that can help you from losing any American AAdvantage miles from expiration.
AAdvantage members were moved to an 18-month activity policy on December 15, 2007, which means that the next period for expiration will be June 15, 2009. Now, AAdvantage members can wait until then to start to worry, but let me help with that.
To keep your AAdvantage miles active, you need some sort of activity in your account because each qualifying activity extends the expiration date of all unexpired mileage credit in your account for 18 months from the date of the qualifying activity. Why worry about it? Head on over to this URL:
Bose Headphone Video Earns Frequent Flyer Miles
Spend one-minute, that’s all … one-minute, to watch this Bose headphone video and you will earn 150 AAdvantage miles, which means that no matter your situation with AAdvantage, your miles will not expire before April of 2010. That is perfect peace-of-mind. This one minute exercise buys you 10 more months of no expiring miles!

Each qualifying activity extends the expiration date of all unexpired mileage credit in your account for 18 months from the date of the qualifying activity.