thanks for the reply, glad i did my homework well

i am travelling in economy class, and i am leaving from london as the ticket is much cheaper than here in italy (about 600 euros difference partly due to the strong euro at the moment) and i can easily get a cheap flight from italy to london.

just wondering if there's any advantages or disadvantages in leaving tickets open dated, i remember reading some time ago about someone having trouble with a ticket when the airline cancelled a route. since there are rumours of the DPS-DRW leg being cancelled i'd like to make sure that BA doesn't leave me stranded in bali...though it would be a nice place to be left stranded!