Originally Posted by
bluemoon68
A late purchase back up would be expensive, particularly as if BA aren’t flying there won’t be many airlines that will be flying. If cancelled BA may well allow you to fly from Larnaca or Athens instead and you could book a flight to there from TLV.
If I were you as far as backup is concerned, buy an avios ticket if available for LHR- TLV for the dates as you can cancel and get the refund, by separate tickets with LY for the LCA-TLV legs but additionally the "protect insurance" ( around £10) this allows you to cancel for a voucher.