Originally Posted by
Yahtzee
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.
Mine was in the same cabin, but without any discounts to go towards the fare. It was all the way from London STN to AKL and back. Even booked a one night's stay at an airport hotel in DXB. Had all those cars sorted too, but when HM Gov't advised against all but essential travel to the UAE, that was the end of my trip. I was gutted....A 17 hour flight to Auckland is really quite something.
The hotel in DXB wasn't prepared to offer me a refund, but that was peanuts in the grand scheme of things. I'm just thankful that I got the entire air fare back.