  We conduct a (pre-)inflationary dynamics study within the framework of a
simple noncommutative extension of effective loop quantum cosmology -- put
forward recently by the authors -- which preserves its key features (in
particular, the quantum bounce is maintained). A thorough investigation shows
that the (pre-)inflationary scenario associated to the chaotic quadratic
potential is in the overall the same as the one featured in standard loop
quantum cosmology (which reinforces the conclusion reached by the authors in a
preliminary analysis). Hence, this (pre-)inflationary scenario does not easily
distinguish between standard loop quantum cosmology and the aforementioned
noncommutative scheme. It is argued that a particular tuning of the
noncommutativity parameter could accommodate for subtle effects at the level of
primordial perturbations (the hybrid quantization framework being a tentative
route of analysis).
