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Old Apr 22, 2022 | 6:04 pm
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Originally Posted by VegasGambler
Yes but it's going to expire anyway. There's no upgrade space available to anywhere I want to travel before they expire.
I gave you a way to preserve the SWU while you find something you want to fly that has availability, in post 1421.

Originally Posted by VegasGambler
The real risk is that I end up in economy. If the outbound didn't clear I would probably just cancel. The return is tougher. I could book it in PE, which I'm willing to fly. I could also have a backup one way (probably an award on another airline) but I'm guessing that cancelling the return wouldn't give me much of a refund after flying the outbound.
You can try to recreate the trip on Matrix to see what the outbound and inbound fares were and the fuel surcharges (which often are only in one direction or more in one direction).
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