<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by EWR-COflyer:
I could be wrong here, but I don't think there are any guarantees that if you relinquish a reward seat (redeposit your miles) that the seat you had would go back into award availability. In fact, I have been told the exact opposite.
Therefore, they could hold you up even more to change an itinerary than a redeposit.</font>
Very true--depending on how much you're changing your itinerary. I guess when I make changes to a reward ticket, they tend to be major changes (i.e. different city pairs, completely different dates, etc.), for which I could care less what inventory the original seats get dumped into. If you're only making a change to one of the flights, however, I could see where you might get screwed if the seat is no longer available.
Still, it just seem strange that a change would cost more than a cancellation...and this still doesn't match up with what OnePass emailed me just this past Friday.
(edited for clarity)
[This message has been edited by EnhancedByCO (edited 12-17-2002).]