Originally Posted by Cypress;[url=tel:37664615

37664615[/url]]Was due to fly in F a week today from STN to AKL, with an overnight stopover in DXB and leaving for home 18 days later. However, UK Gov't is advising against travelling to the UAE, unless it's essential. A holiday isn't classed as essential and If I went against that advice, my travel insurance would be invalidated. I ain't gonna take the risk. So, I've chosen not to go and have submitted the form for a refund.

Originally Posted by BA Humbug (Post 37665612)

Hmm, I've never seen this -- did you find out what it was like ? I didn't see it on my flights.

Originally Posted by S c 0 TT y (Post 37662343)

A huge blow if true (don't have a WSJ subscription but they do have an article related to this incident).

https://x.com/asadnasir2000/status/2...902795022?s=20

Originally Posted by flrvt (Post 37665660)

If any of those flights would be cancelled or disrupted in any way, Emirates would have re-routed you in First on other airlines…
Sounds like a nice opportunity to me. Why cancel so early?

Originally Posted by Cypress (Post 37667253)

Will I be going or won't I be going? I prefer to have certainty, plus what guarantee is there that EK will be able to fly me out to AKL in First on another airline?

Originally Posted by flrvt (Post 37667630)

They will rebook on other airlines up to 3 days before departure. A lot of datapoints have shown that EK will rebook First tickets on a lot of excellent carriers including Air France La Premiere. Therefore it's a great opportunity to fly new products at a fraction of the cost. However, it all depends on one of your flights being disrupted. Luckily due to all the schedule changes, there is currently a 90% chance that at least one of your flight numbers will change.
Even then you could have cancelled 3 days before if the rebooking options were not satisfactory.

Originally Posted by Cypress (Post 37667958)

Granted that this would've been a golden opportunity to experience other F cabins, but - as you say - it all depends on one of my flights being disrupted.
I'm not "a will that or won't that happen?" type of flyer and can do without all the running around trying to sort out those separate flights. The easiest option, and for certainty, was to take up EK's offer and choose not to fly.
Now just waiting for their e-mail informing me that the money's been returned.

Originally Posted by thijsseh (Post 37667984)

I had quite a complicated cancellation, just the return flight of a ticket which I had upgraded with cash. Took 12 working days to get the email and another day to get the funds back into my credit card. Other ticket was upgraded with miles, I got the money back at the same time as the other ticket, but still waiting for the miles to be re-deposited. Will wait until Friday when the 15 days are up before contacting them.

Originally Posted by thijsseh (Post 37664032)

Thank you very much, it is useful to have actual information from someone who is 'on the gound' so to speak.
We are transiting DXB early on 1 April, CPT to LHR. Were originally on the early CPT flight and connecting to an LGW flight, but up to about a week ago neither of those was operating and I was concerned that once 28 March arrived there would be a flurry of rebookings if one (or both) of those were not reinstated. So I changed to the later CPT flight (which was the first one to resume after the initial problems) and to an LHR flight (as there were already 6 flights operating at that time vs. 2 to LGW). Got through on direct chat easily and changes were made without problems. Built in 4 hour connection in DXB, just in case CPT is late arriving. Glad I did that, as the CPT flight looks very full at the moment, I am on a Flex fare and only J bucket available on Expert Flyer.
That's all I can do, fingers crossed.
Only 'issue' is that I am in J and my fellow pax in Y and I am only Silver (until after this flight anyway), so no lounge access. Worse things have happened and are happening. Are duty free shops in B concourse open, or only in A? My wife needs a new iPhone which we are planning to get in DXB so that should at least take away some of the time we are there.

Originally Posted by flrvt (Post 37667630)

They will rebook on other airlines up to 3 days before departure. A lot of datapoints have shown that EK will rebook First tickets on a lot of excellent carriers including Air France La Premiere. Therefore it's a great opportunity to fly new products at a fraction of the cost. However, it all depends on one of your flights being disrupted. Luckily due to all the schedule changes, there is currently a 90% chance that at least one of your flight numbers will change.
Even then you could have cancelled 3 days before if the rebooking options were not satisfactory.

Originally Posted by S.R (Post 37670211)

Can you share those datapoints that EK is rebooking onto OAL F (especially La Premiere)?