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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 1:55 pm
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Cancelling an award booking?
How soon will the flight be availible to others on BA.COM when I cancel an award flight over the phone?
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 2:00 pm
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Originally Posted by firstclasslad
How soon will the flight be availible to others on BA.COM when I cancel an award flight over the phone?
Check out this thread from earlier today that answers the very same question (post 7 for the answer). However, I'll reiterate what I said on post 2 of that thread, here:

Originally Posted by More Champagne Sir?
There is absolutely no guarantee that if you refund a ticket booked in U (CW redemptions) that it will go back into the U bucket. If the flight is filled up in CW, then its very likely that the seat will turn into a J or a C.
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 2:38 pm
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How about Z class?
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Old Jun 23, 2006 | 2:51 pm
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Originally Posted by firstclasslad
How about Z class?
Exactly the same, there's no guarantee that Z class refunds will go back into Z class.
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 6:18 am
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Is the answer to this still quite negative, or have we seen a change for the positive with the recent revisions in online functionality?

i.e. anyone got recent experiences/impressions of cancelling bookings online and the ticket dropping immediately back in to the X/U/Z bucket?

P.S I know there's no "Guarantee", but has the experience been quite good?
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 9:02 am
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Cancelled two this year (both F awards) and on neither occasion has the award inventory increased either on the day or shortly after.
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