My AA points expired, anyway to get them back?

[a good yeshiva bachur]

פשטות yes

My husband also has an AA card that he hasn't used for over 18 months.
The AA account (associated with that card) lists the date of the last activity and the impending expiration date 18 months later.
So it appears that having an AA cc does NOT protect the points in your account from expiring from lack of activity.

They are extended from the date you last used the card only.

I stand corrected

[yelped]

Related question:
If you use the portal and get the new points after the points in the account have expired, do they post as of the date of the purchase? And does this retroactively reactivate the account?

They should, definitely to the first question.

[ckmk47]

Data points

1) Award Wallet- make a comment on their blog and get a few points.
I posted on 1/8/2018 just after midnight.
Got the email that I got the points on 1/9/2018- it said the points were awarded on 1/7/2018.  They're probably not Eastern time. AA has them posting on 1/8/2018.

2) I used the AA portal and made a purchase on 1/8/2018.  It hasn't posted yet.
Edit: I checked the wrong account.  The points for the purchase have posted. Dated 1/8/2018.

2) I made an award booking on 1/7/2018 and cancelled within 24 hours.
The booking show in the 'activity'.
But both the points and the taxes haven't been returned yet.  Officially can take up to 2 weeks.