If anyone can advise the following, I really appreciate that:
1. What is the time of the day that CX will post their reward inventory so I can redeem from BA's Executive Club's site? noon-time (Hong Kong time?)

2. On BA's EC site, it states that the tickets redeemed can be cancelled and points will be posted back to the account if the cancellation is done 24 hours before the trip. Does this apply to partner flight redemption as well?

3. Will I also get back the taxes paid if I need to cancel the award tickets?

4. I read from other posts that if someone wants to book a return trip of 330 days in advance, he will redeem the departure portion first and make a dummy return date on the same reservation, and then wait until the later return date is bookable (e.g. 30 days later), to change the return dummy date reservation to the real return date. May I ask what would be the dummy date? For example, if I am already making a departure date of November 1st, 2008 reservation (YYZ - HKG), Does it mean I can put Oct 15, 2008 (HKG - YYZ) as the dummy date?

Thanks in advance!