Originally Posted by fone

Yes, why not, but doing that might also hurt your chances of saver waitlist clearing, since it becomes 1 less seat on that flight. Also, if your saver flight does clear, you would have to totally cancel the advantage booking to get back the miles (plus cancellation fee), so be sure to have sufficient miles for both booking (if the refund of miles is slow), if you are considering this option. I'm also considering to get an advantage award flight, but still holding out to see if the saver will clear, especially when my search turns out at least 6 advantage available.