Hi All,

I'm IAH/AUS based and I have planned a family vacation to Hawaii this Christmas. When I found 4 available award tickets from LAX-OGG the other day I immediately booked them using BA miles. I've also planned a 10 days visit to LA area but at that time there is no availability from AUS-LAX, so I can not take advantage of BA's stopovers.

However, yesterday several award tickets from AUS to LAX suddenly appeared (I'm guessing AA is releasing the award inventory from time to time) and I would like to change the itinerary to AUS-LAX-OGG and add a 10 day stopover in LAX. I have to cancel the confirmed ticket from LAX-OGG online (surprisingly, no cancellation fees!) and rebook AUS-LAX-OGG over the phone. But the 4 LAX-OGG tickets are the only 4 left when I booked them, so there is no availability after my booking. After the cancellation, I checked again and again hoping that they will show up in the award inventory instantly, but that is not the case... I know I'm a little greedy , but adding a stopover can save me 50K miles! So, my question is, will the cancelled award tickets ever loop back to the inventory and become available on the AA search engine? If so, how long typically does that take?

Thank you.