Yo i'm genuinely not trying to be a dick but i think some of the pushback comes from the tone of this and other posts in this thread reading as a little entitled like....

Just because you've been planning something since january doesn't mean its guarenteed to happed that's just... Part of the dom game. Other flights are allowed to try to get WW discounts, too. It's a _courtesy_ to preplan things extensively but not a solid requirement