For Worlds, that is certainly what they will do, but 4CC is literally the week after Nationals this year, so it's really not an option there. Apart from the skaters who made the GPF (Isabeau) or competed at Cup of China (Audrey Shin), all US women have to apply for visas first, and it does take a bit for those applications to be processed, plus plane tickets usually aren't transferable either.If I was the fed I'd wait for Nationals to decide, because at this point there are no clear leaders. Every decision right now feels somehow wrong because it's random.