Originally Posted by
adambadam
Quick question. Can you reprice awards easily if the points drop (i.e. without cancelling and rebooking)? In this case, I will have it set up as a r/t with an excursionist fare. I am somewhat confident that the return leg will fall in points required but not until after I fly my first leg.
Not really, no.
In most cases, you can't just reprice -- you have to change to another flight and then change back. IME, if you have flown only the first leg and not the Excursionist, the online pricing isn't likely to calculate properly. And if you've flown both of them, it's only about 50/50 whether or not the online tool will even work. You may, however, be able to reprice without an intermediate change if you're going from a standard award to a saver award.
If you're using the ExPerk as designed -- the free segment makes sense with the others -- then you may be able to call to get the change made for you.