It is strange that I asked Cris Caine the same question, and his answer was stuck on December 31.
I even mentioned I used to pay after New Year and he still repeated, December 12 IS THE DEADLINE, you have been on the board 20 years and should know it.
I am very concerned that he was not able to get the real question into his mind, which was: Am I still good after 45 days delayed receipt at Hilton's stated billing office?.
My invoices did not have the same usual fine print in blue and red with leeway days filled in, as my bill from 2008 had.
Last year it stated "45".(not this year)
Carl Appelberg