Glad to see that you got the situation resolved.
You do bring up a great point regarding negative carry-overs. It is an important consideration when one is trying to weed through all of the programs available. Currently, I am only promoting programs that have no negative carry-overs and have seen a large increase in my monthly revenue.
If you are an affiliate manager and your program does not have negative carry-overs, be proud and shout it out loud so every potential affiliate is aware! At least in my case, at the end of the day, your programs will be the ones I promote over those that do not have such a policy.