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Old Dec 13, 2020, 12:13 pm
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Welcome to Flyertalk, and welcome to the BA forum Glenb.

You aren't the only person to be in this position, and in any event I can't actually see SYD resuming within your ticket availability anyway, given the stance of the Australian government thus far. Though others have been told the same thing, and apparentlly there is a "decision tree" which gives the outcome you got, nevertheless the Coronovirus guidance should allow you more than 14 days and not require Avios availability. Your best bet is to leave MMB for a few days to see if there is some rejigging that helps you, and then to call again as a second backup. However I have been cautioning against "maybe" bookings, and you would have to be careful here, since the clock is running out on your options, certainly by October when your ticket expires, or possibly August for the Companion Voucher expiry. That said, the worst case scenarios involve an FTV (to keep the Companion Voucher alive) or a full refund, so you aren't at risk of losing anything at this point. Note that BA may change their policies in the future too.
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