Originally Posted by
headingwest
To be honest I think it's going to work the other way. They know that once you've locked in the cash by accepting a voucher, they can basically do what they want. The lower fare buckets will disappear and you'll end up paying a lot more. It's clever, because they still have their revenue for flights that didn't fly, but they are also getting people to pay more to compensate for the period when operations are shut down.
No way am I letting any airline keep my money for cancellatons at the moment, it's just too risky.
I paid on a UK credit card and the value was over £100 so S75 applies, plus the various chargeback mechanisms.
I wonder if LH have had terms imposed on their credit card payments so they're not seeing the cash until pax actually fly.