Agreed, bird in the hand indeed.

Still, it leaves a bit of a foul taste since £2,200 for a (presumably) restricted CW tix to JFK is not exactly a bargain...certainly don't need A N for that.

NickW, in principle I agreed with your strategy, but this is high-stakes...you may get stuck holding a restricted F ticket. By buying full fare you can always hand it back if you don't need it to make your point.

Scotsflyer, have a good flight. Hope you'll get a chance to laugh it off over some Krug in 2A!