Booking backup flights to Europe
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Negatory, squire. EK is only refunding bookings up to 31 March. After that, everything's going to be peachy, apparently... Booking flights on other airlines is not something EK is in the habit of doing.
FWIW, I've caved and booked MEL-SIN on QF and CDG-HKG-MEL on AF and CX for mid-May and mid-June as classic rewards for 3 people as well as a (pricy, fee-free) fully refundable SIN-LHR-BCN cash fare on BA. Not a great use of points by traditional metrics but they do ensure that my planned May trip to Spain and France goes ahead. Hopefully, I won't need these flights though, and in these circumstances 6000 points per person as a cancellation fee is reasonable to give me peace of mind...
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