Originally Posted by
halls120
In my 40+ years of flying for the government, I’ve never been told that I need to leave on a certain day in order to get a cheaper fare.
But that's the reverse of what we're discussing. Poster's originally-preferred date was cheaper, he's changing preferred date to make it more expensive. I'm pretty sure he/she wouldn't go to ethics counsel and say they're doing that.
I'll leave it here, I've said my bit.