Ok, so trying to go back through a few points and seeing how I can change a hotel booked through the edit for an upcoming trip (in Feb.) Planning with BIL, who just decided wants to stay at Westin Anaheim vs. the JW Marriott, the latter of which I have booked via Edit. Westin is also an edit hotel.

My understanding from above is that if I cancel JW, I need to wait for edit credit to post (or at least be pending) before I can re-book with Westin to use the 2025 credit. I did use points as well for part of the JW booking on Dec. 22, so I'm guessing I'm out the point adjustment to $.02 from $.0165, which is probably just moot if I make this change.

I guess my questions are:

• I can not book Westin, then cancel JW, then just have the credit remain in place through this (I'm used to Amex FHR/THC, where this seems to be SOP if you re-book during the same credit period)? Any chance if I do this, Chase would manually apply the credit back in instead - not sure if there are DPs on this?
• Instead, I have to wait for Edit credit to come back on my online transactions - do I have to wait for it to be posted or can I do it when the credit is pending?
• How long should this process take - between canceling a booking, having the charge reversed and then the credit reversed? My concern is on timing, given how close we are to the end of the year, and if this is even feasible to work at this point.
• If the new booking is made before the new year, with the charge pending, but the charge does not post until after the new year, which year will the credit be used for? Any chance this biased on the original purchase date vs. the cleared date?
• If the latter, any chance Chase might be willing to manually 'adjust' the credit based on the purchase date? I realize answers are probably speculative since this is the first period the edit credit has been available, but trying to assess chances.

Any insight into these points would be helpful.