Not sure about the impacts of the new status rule, but you could try calling. I had an F redemption from Dubai to the U.S., and wanted to see if I could move it forward by 4-8 weeks to any U.S. destination with availability. Of course it's tedious on the web site, but the phone agent was reasonably helpful -- she was able and willing to quickly search any U.S. destination for a couple-week window at a time as I called them out.