Originally Posted by
LTN Phobia
It's no different from making a non-refundable hotel booking though, is it? The only difference here is that the hotel happens to have been booked with Avios.
I would have made a non-refundable hotel booking on my credit card, which has travel insurance. This is what I will do going forward, never again will I waste Avios on a hotel booking that might be rendered useless.