Yeah, rate desk did call last night with a fare and confirmed my itinerary. Fortunately I had asked the first agent to send it through to the rate desk in spite of her statement "just to let you know, I doubt it is valid". Fortunately FlyerTalk has made me an informed flyer.^

Over the weekend the first itinerary disappeared from my online account so I called to re-book a new itinerary. Got an agent that was knowledgeable and handled my request with no issues. Waiting to see if the itineraries are priced the same