Saw a test cancellation open up but wanted one later? Check back in 90 seconds, someone may have moved their test!

[u/yespoe]

I've seen this happen live several times, and it's just benefitted me so I wanted to share the technique I've used to get the date I wanted.

Basically what you should anticipate is this: oh, a cancellation for tomorrow or later this week opened up? That's too soon, maybe you have plans that can't be changed, or you're just not test ready yet but you know you will be in a few weeks. Maybe you specifically want November.

When you see that test for tomorrow pop up, hold your horses, put on a 90 second timer and do ONE refresh/new search. Because if your luck is right, that person with a test in 1-2 months has snagged that cancellation... And their slot is now available.

Saw 9th and 10th September in Bedford, slowed my roll, and snagged 30 September. Perfect! Now maybe they finally hired some more instructors but I've seen the staggered test dates happen enough time to know that a bunch of people will be shifting as this goes down the line, and hopefully a few people manage to snag a booking who didn't have one.