Question re: inventory management
I'm in the processing of booking a trip with the boyfriend in August traveling to Athens. Because he is starting from DCA, and I'm coming from EWR, we're going to be on separate itineraries. In booking his flights this morning, I appear to have purchased the last R fare on the return, as my return on the same flight is now pricing in Z. Is there any chance that more inventory might be released to the R bucket? I'd imagine the answer is probably not, given what a good deal the R fare is, but before I book my return in Z I wanted to see if those with more experience watching fare buckets had other thoughts. The second question, suppose I go ahead a book the return in Z, which is pricing out at around 3500 as opposed to 2200. If another R seat opens up, can I get the itinerary repriced? I assume there would be a change fee (300) but even so the savings would be substantial if such a repricing were permissible. Advice?