Hi all,

A week ago, I booked a roundtrip JFK-LHR trip for Feb - PE outbound, J on the return, both on AA metal. This morning I received one of those Loyalty Point challenge offers - 4,000 additional loyalty points if I book and fly 4 flights in PE, J or F over the next 60 days. However one catch is that the flights can only be booked AFTER I have registered for the promotion.

If I cancel my trip and immediately rebook it, then my trip will qualify. Doing a cursory look, it appears the J flight is going to be the same price as when I bought it a week ago. However, PE is now sold out on my outbound flight and J is crazy expensive on that flight (it's the morning flight, AA 142, so there is only one of those on my date). I really don't want to fly overnight so taking one of the many redeyes is not an option.

Here's what I'm wondering: if I cancel my flight to immediately rebook it, is it pretty certain that my PE seat will become available again in the same fare class as before? Or is there a risk that it will either (a) be available but in a different/more expensive fare class or (b) not become available because PE is potentially oversold on that flight? (I am discounting the possibility that someone will grab the seat in the 60 seconds between when I cancel and when I rebook).

I'd love to take advantage of the promotion but obviously not if it causes my fare to go up significantly (or locks me out of PE altogether).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Daniel