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Old Oct 4, 2013 | 8:12 am
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dnwaldmann
 
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
However, airline FF programs now seem less likely to necessarily release award seats at 330 days or whatever. At one point, people believed that all award seats were released when the schedule opened. Now it's all based on yield management and seats can be released or repriced in miles at any time.
Yes, this is a new concept for me too and I value the input received regarding that both here and on the other thread.

Unfortunately I do not have the required status to re-book without penalty as I only fly a few to maybe 10 times a year. Most of my miles/points are from CC purchases.

I suppose the $150 rebooking fee is still a pretty good value, but I'm going to try and get the Saver Award seats anyways. Thankfully I do have a bit of flexibility in my schedule so that helps.

Thanks again,
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