In my hectic attempt to fly from HKG to CDG, my BA F award has become the latest option to fail, as BA just cancelled all CDG flights till end-June.

One option is to use the F award to LHR T5 and buy an AF ticket LHR-CDG from T2.
I could rush airside with hand luggage from T5 to T2, but that is possible only if I can check in and get AF BP the day before. Getting into UK for a landside transfer does not appear as a reasonable option

Is AF still routinely allowing OLCI during this current covid phase?
Any tips?

PS: And I hope that the UK will not become a red country because of the surge in indian variants. I am now down to my plan D although Hong Kong has 0 or 1 local case per day in the past weeks.