Originally Posted by
deadinabsentia
Cathay is knowingly being fraudulent.
Wauw.
In line with the practice of other airlines, CX doesn't cancel flights until it is absolutely necessary and shortly before the flight. There are many (good) reasons for this as stated above - although inconvenient to some. For flights in December you may very well assume that you will not be able to travel, but actually you don't know. You need to wait it out until CX cancels the flight.
There is no need to book 2021 travels to Japan now.