- Risk of cancellation too high.
- Risk of no good remaining alternatives after cancellation too high + hassle with contacting the CS, first navigating through the utterly useless Sisu chatbot (and it's not entirely smooth to get past that annoying obstacle anyway) only to be kicked out from the chat, somehow just adding insult to injury.
If we had a guarantee that flights for the coming
3 weeks from the day of booking, booked through the AY booking engine, will not be cancelled other than for technical reasons or exceptional circumstances (low amount of butts-in-seat would not be a reason to cancel beyond that point), then I'd happily book 3-4 returns a month. AY would have until T-3 weeks to decide whether to cancel and pull the flight from the booking engine, whilst giving us flyers certainty.