How often does AA/US Award seats go back into inventory after canceling

[Yehuda25]

I plan on booking an AA award for 25k (first class NYC-LAX one way) that I could book on BA for 50k each way (better cancellation policy).

So I would like to hold it on BA, then cancel a month or so out and rebook on AA.

How often (Obviously its YMMV) do the seats go back to inventory? 

[YOSEF]

32.5K AA?

[Yehuda25]

32.5K AA?

Its actually phl-lax, 50k through ba, 25k through AA

[yitrap]

From what I read it in the Ba and aa thread it's supposed to and generally is instant

[tzifanya54]

From what I read it in the Ba and aa thread it's supposed to and generally is instant

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Even within ba inventory itself, I have personally cancelled my own seats, and they did not open up again ever. I was refreshing every second as I cancelled them.

[yitrap]

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Even within ba inventory itself, I have personally cancelled my own seats, and they did not open up again ever. I was refreshing every second as I cancelled them.

I said generally!

[ilherman]

I said generally!

As a general indication, if lowest revenue fare class is 0 then it will most likely not go back to inventory, so its really not correct to say that it generally goes back to inventory. When the lowest revenue fare class is available then YMMV.

[Yehuda25]

As a general indication, if lowest revenue fare class is 0 then it will most likely not go back to inventory, so its really not correct to say that it generally goes back to inventory. When the lowest revenue fare class is available then YMMV.

Thats good to know! Thanks!

[yitrap]

As a general indication, if lowest revenue fare class is 0 then it will most likely not go back to inventory, so its really not correct to say that it generally goes back to inventory. When the lowest revenue fare class is available then YMMV.

That is news to me as well thank you.