To the OP: For next time, you can still check in your laptop. But you have to pay extra because its value exceeds EK's liability
Originally Posted by EK Conditions of Carriage
We will increase our liability to you for Damage to Checked Baggage to an amount specified by you and agreed by
us at the time you hand your Checked Baggage to us at check-in, but only if you pay to us an additional charge calculated in
accordance with our Regulations. This is known as a “special declaration of value”. Please ask us for details of the applicable
charges if you want to use this option.
Cheers