Business Process of Fuel Procurement

Hi experts,
I have a special procurement case,
1. an airline company has to purchase several amount of fuel to be supplied to its aircrafts, but the vendor hasn't defined the price yet.
Question: Is there any way to keep purchasing fuel without waiting for vendor price?
2. an airline company had already purchased several amount of fuel for several days in SAP MM, but then the vendor changed the price including the preceding days.
Question: Should we reverse GR and then change PO price to fix this problem? Isn't there any solution for this back-date pricing case?
Thanks
Amri

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