Originally Posted by
athome
And now one has to wonder why LH gets more restrictive with rebooking. I think that's a adequate proverb: "What goes around, comes around."
By the way, if they do not cancel the flight and one is not able to board in the Ukraine, it's the traveler's problem. In the worst case total loss of the ticket value.
LH is a commercial entity. They're not your pal..
What's got more restrictive with rebooking? Flights cancelled can be rebooked within one year from date of issue. The only thing that got "worse" were older tickets out of validity having deadlines.
You mean no-show? I think we are all familiar with that

. Allow me to inform you of a brutal fact, if you play the lottery and your numbers don't come up, you can't ask the shop for a refund

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