You're right... the same deal will cost another $30 today, and you need to push back the start date to the first week in Oct.

As they say, "You snooze, ..."

On the other hand, you don't need to construct an open-jaw, as in my OP.... just a straight DFW-AUS-LHR-dfw-AUS can be yours for $704 a/i.

Edit: Or, for the same price, you can do LHR-MAD-dfw-AUS on the return. First, you get more miles; second, you won't have to pay the extra/business APD for using your eVIP on the MAD-dfw segment.