Originally Posted by
Cypress
I think that the moral of this story is to make a booking directly with the airline and the entire fare will be refunded....under the current circumstances.
When I completed my refund application online, under the reason for cancellation I typed : "INVOL due to the current situation in The Middle East."
To be honest I was half expecting £200 to be retained by EK, because there was a cancellation fee of £200 in the fare's T's & C's.
Imagine my surprise when the whole lot was refunded.
True - I subscribe to that approach nearly always. But, this was an expensive first class ticket paid partly with points so worth the risk - not that a war was one of the risks I factored into the calculus.