UKVCAS appointment - changing to a free one

[paullight]

I feel so stupid. I did not realise that there are free UKVCAS appointments. I'm so used to them charging for everything at every step that I assumed it's normal to pay over £100 for an appointment
Now that I've booked a paid one, I'd like to cancel and get my money back (minus £10 as I understand) and book a free one, but how to go about it if you can't see availability until you cancel existing one? Am I risking not finding any or finding one half the country across from me? Any advice appreciated.

[contorted_svy]

If you can wait, new free appointments get added to the website at 9am every morning for 28 days later (or as soon as they are available if someone cancels). Availability depends and it's impossible to forecast it. If you can wait a bit (you have 45 days to attend) you can take the bet to cancel, and worst that happens you'll book another paid appointment.

[paullight]

Thanks, I think I'll do that, still will lose £10 for nothing but it's worth a try.

[contorted_svy]

Or you will recover £90

[paullight]

Yes. £109 to be exact