Originally Posted by
SteveF
I'm not sure if this is possible, but if you have enough Avios maybe you could grab the seats now and convert the reservation into a 2-4-1 once it hits your account. Can anyone confirm if this would work?
It would, but they'd charge you a fee for doing it unless you were Gold.
You'd also have to get the right agent, as some would want to cancel to rebook which leaves the possibility of the seats not going back into the redemption fare bucket.