Originally Posted by
zephyr7
Thanks for the reply and sorry I didn’t include this information - I actually asked AE about this already (the original return date is more than 22 days out) but AE agent declined as the trip was booked as round trip ticket and cannot be partially refunded.
you misunderstand. Change the whole ticket so that you book an outbound and a return that is more than 22 days (say 6 months away for this example). Then call back to cancel the trip and you can get your points back. You might even be able to do the cancellation online.