[MENTION=123489]beckoa[/MENTION] Spoke to an agent in Seattle, she put me on hold to see if there were available seats. No mileage seats available, call back Tues or Wed as that's when they release more seats and it's still pretty far out so more seats should come available. When asked about AS735 and not seating me on it when I called in Feb, she said that the connection would work, but you are supposed to have 3 hours to transit between flights. She wasn't able to put us on the flight and didn't really offer to. But I had my hopes up there for a minute! She did say that because the CX tickets are in J, we "have to" book in F for comparable class of service. The agent also suggested buying full refundable F tickets and then if the seats open up, we can grab them and get the tickets refunded. Or use miles. Agent said if we decide to buy to wait until mid next week to see if anything opens and give them a call.
[MENTION=902149]RAD_PDX[/MENTION] that's an excellent point. I'll keep that in mind.
[MENTION=974]Eastbay1K[/MENTION] You're right, I have started reaching that point in my life as well. And no, while I wouldn't normally splurge on something like this, it won't affect my budget at all. And given this far in advance, I probably won't even notice the expense in the end.

The best news overall? The hold music has changed since the last time I called. WOOO!