Is It Worth Canceling & Rebooking Turkish Airlines Award Tickets to Save 16k United Miles?

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Last week, I booked two Turkish Airlines business class award tickets from Istanbul to Seattle using United MileagePlus miles. I paid 88k miles per person (176k total), which I thought was a great deal. Today, I checked the award calendar again and noticed the same flights are now pricing at 80k miles per person, likely because I have a United credit card. I called United to see if they could refund the 16k-mile difference, but they said they could